The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

2024 52 week book club Reading Challenge
5/52

✔️ = read
📚 = currently reading
📖 = a REAL book
🎧 = Audiobook
📱 = Kindle

1. Locked-room mystery
✔️ 2 Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Crying in H Mart 📖
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
5. Magical realism
6. Women in STEM
7. At least four different POVs
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it
✔️ 25 An author “everyone” has read except you - Regretting You 🎧
26. Hybrid genre
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
✔️ 35 Title matches lyrics from a song - Never Ever Getting Back Together 🎧
36. Has futuristic technology
📚 37 Palindrome on the cover - The Diamond Eye 🎧
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
✔️ 43 About finding identity - Choosing Ourselves: Love & Advocacy in Overcoming a Birth Defect & the American Medical System 📱
44. Includes a wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
✔️ 48 The word “secret” in the title - The Secret Messenger 🎧
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024



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Eva's 52 Book Club 2024 Challenge
[My reading languages are English, Spanish, Finnish and Swedish, plus one book in Italian.]

✅1. Locked-room mystery: Dumb Witness ⭐⭐⭐½
💬2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book: L'odore umano
💬3. More than 40 chapters: The Brothers Karamazov
✅4. Lowercase letters on the spine: Larpers and Shroomers: The Language Report ⭐⭐½
✅5. Magical realism: Sirkusleijonan mieli⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅6. Women in STEM: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅7. At least four different POVs: Sinun, Margot ⭐⭐⭐
✅8. Features the ocean: Sommarboken⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅9. A character-driven novel: The Talented Mr. Ripley⭐⭐⭐½
✅10. Told in non-chronological order: The Mountains Sing⭐⭐½
✅11. Title starting with the letter “K”: Kitchen⭐⭐
✅12. Title starting with the letter “L”: Lectura fácil⭐⭐⭐
❌13. An academic thriller: My Dark Vanessa
✅14. A grieving character: H is for Hawk⭐⭐⭐½
✅15. Part of a duology: The Handmaid's Tale⭐⭐⭐½
✅16. An omniscient narrator: Animal Farm⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅17. Nominated for The Booker Prize: The Underground Railroad⭐⭐⭐½
✅18. An apostrophe in the title: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅19. A buddy read: The Phoenix Crown⭐⭐⭐
✅20. A revenge story: Terra Alta⭐⭐½
✅21. Written by a ghostwriter: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅22. A plot similar to another book: Demon Copperhead⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬23. The other book with the similar plot: David Copperfield
✅24. A cover without people on it: The Doctor⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅25. An author “everyone” has read except you: Kuka murhasi rouva Skrofin?⭐⭐⭐
✅26. Hybrid genre: Islannissa ei ole perhosia⭐⭐⭐
✅27. By a neurodivergent author: The Midnight Library⭐⭐⭐½
✅28. A yellow spine: The Lacuna⭐⭐⭐
✅29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: The Old Man and the Sea⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅30. Picked without reading the blurb: The Proof⭐⭐
✅31. Includes a personal phobia: The Third Lie⭐⭐
✅32. Time frame spans a week or less: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ⭐⭐⭐
✅33. An abrupt ending: Never Let Me Go ⭐⭐
✅34. Set in a landlocked country: The Notebook ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅35. Title matches lyrics from a song: Tiu tau tilhi⭐⭐⭐
✅36. Has futuristic technology: Fahrenheit 451⭐⭐⭐
✅37. Palindrome on the cover: The Great Alone ⭐⭐⭐
❌38. Published by Hachette: Pachinko
❌39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: Wilding
✅40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate: Still Life⭐⭐½
✅41. A sticker on the cover: Remarkably Bright Creatures⭐⭐½
❌42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
✅43. About finding identity: Maa kuin veri⭐⭐⭐½
✅44. Includes a wedding: The Golden House⭐⭐⭐½
✅45. Chapter headings have dates: Neiti Steinin keittäjätär⭐⭐⭐½
✅46. Featuring Indigenous culture: Folk som sår i snö⭐⭐⭐½
✅47. Self-insert by an author: The Word is Murder⭐⭐½
✅48. The word “secret” in the title: La historia secreta del señor White⭐⭐⭐½
✅49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”: The Master and Margarita⭐⭐⭐½
✅50. A musical instrument on the cover: Lessons ⭐⭐⭐
✅51. Related to the word “Wild”: Walden⭐⭐⭐
✅52. Published in 2024: Death at the Sign of the Rook⭐⭐⭐

1. Locked-room mystery
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Entre les méandres
5. Magical realism - Babel
6. Women in STEM - Binti 2 : La Mascarade nocturne
7. At least four different POVs
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”- Klara et le Soleil
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology - Ce Coeur Empoisonné
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title - L'Outsider
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it - Silo
25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Âme brisée
26. Hybrid genre
27. Be a neurodivergent author - Dans la vie des pantins
28. A yellow spine - Les Furtifs
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb - La Maison aux pattes de poulet
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country - Celle qui devint le soleil
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity - Vieux Carré
44. Includes a wedding - Les Sept maris d'Evelyn Hugo
45. Chapter headings have dates - Holly
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover - 2 nouvelles musicales
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

Progress: 6/52

1. Locked-room mystery
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
🌷 Magical realism: 如果的世界 4/5 stars
6. Women in STEM
7. At least four different POVs
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller
🌷 A grieving character: DallerGut Dream Department Store 5/5 stars
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
🌷 An apostrophe in the title: Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for 5/5 stars
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
🌷 A cover without people on it: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? 5/5 stars
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
🌷 Has futuristic technology: The Dark Forest 3/5 stars
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
🌷 Includes a wedding: The Younger Wife 4/5 stars
45. Chapter headings have dates
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

Total Count = 48

📗✔ 1. Locked-room mystery - Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
📗✔ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J. Maas)
📗✔ 3. More than 40 chapters - A Good Girls Guide to Murder (Holly Jackson)
📗✔ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Something Bad is Going to Happen (Jessie Stephens)
📗✔ 5. Magical realism - Before the Coffee gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
📗✔ 6. Women in STEM - Love on the Brain (Ali Hazelwood)
📗✔ 7. At least four different POVs - One of Us is Lying (Karen McManus)
📗✔ 8. Features the ocean - Fable (Adrienne Young)
📗✔ 9. A character-driven novel - The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
📗✔ 10. Told in non-chronological order - Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone (Benjamin Stevenson)
📘 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kill your Husbands (Jack Heath)
📗✔ 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman)
📗✔ 13. An academic thriller - I have some Questions for You (Rebecca Makkai)
📗✔ 14. A grieving character - Good Material (Dolly Alderton)
📗✔ 15. Part of a duology - Ripper (Shelley Burr)
📗✔ 16. An omniscient narrator - The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
📗✔ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
📗✔ 18. An apostrophe in the title - The One Thing we've Never Spoken About (Elfy Scott)
📗✔ 19. A buddy read - Iron Flame (Rebecca Yarros)
📗✔ 20. A revenge story - The Housemaid (Freida McFadden)
📗✔ 21. Written by a ghostwriter - Can't Hurt Me (David Goggins)
📗✔ 22. A plot similar to another book - Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield to Justice (Colin Sutton)
📗✔ 23. The other book with the similar plot - Manhunt: The Night Stalker (Colin Sutton)
📗✔ 24. A cover without people on it - End Credits (Patty Lin)
📗✔ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
📗✔ 26. Hybrid genre - Verity (Colleen Hoover)
📗✔ 27. Be a neurodivergent author - Strife (Mia Freedman)
📗✔ 28. A yellow spine - Take a Hint, Dani Brown (Talia Hibbert)
📗✔ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - The Work (Bri Lee)
📗✔ 30. Picked without reading the blurb - The No-Show (Beth O'Leary)
📗✔ 31. Includes a personal phobia - If I Stay (Gayle Forman)
📗✔ 32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Guest (Emily Cline)
📗✔ 33. An abrupt ending - Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros)
📗✔ 34. Set in a landlocked country - The Rules do not Apply (Ariel Levy)
📗✔ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Maurene Goo)
📗✔ 36. Has futuristic technology - Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
📕 37. Palindrome on the cover
📗✔ 38. Published by Hachette - A Brilliant Life (Rachelle Unreich)
📗✔ 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - The Joy Thief (Penny Moodie)
📗✔ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - The Bandit Queens (Parini Shroff)
📗✔ 41. A sticker on the cover - One Day (David Nicholls)
📕 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
📗✔ 43. About finding identity - The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
📗✔ 44. Includes a wedding - The Lucky Escape (Laura Jane Williams)
📗✔ 45. Chapter headings have dates - None of this is True (Lisa Jewell)
📗✔ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Australia Day (Stan Grant)
📗✔ 47. Self-insert by an author - Misery (Stephen King)
📗✔ 48. The word “secret” in the title - The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
📗✔ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Tom Lake (Ann Patchett)
📕 50. A musical instrument on the cover
📗✔ 51. Related to the word “Wild” - Grayson (Lynne Cox)
📗✔ 52. Published in 2024 - The House of Hidden Meanings (RuPaul)

Completed so far:

2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book- The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
5. Magical realism-Remarkably Bright Creatures
16. An omniscient narrator-The Lincoln Highway
24. A cover without people on it-LowCountry Summer
26. Hybrid genre-A Most Agreeable Murder
27. Be a neurodivergent author-The Kiss Quotient
28. A yellow spine-The Unhoneymooners
31. Includes a personal phobia-Demon Copperhead
33. An abrupt ending-Last Night at the Lobster
43. About finding identity-Normal People
46. Featuring Indigenous culture-Killers of the Flower Moon
48. The word “secret” in the title-The Husband's Secret
52. Published in 2024-One Wrong Word

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All Done EXCEPT#42 Debut in second half of year:
1) Locked-room mystery-The Westing Game-EllenRaskins
2) Bibliosmia: -Scent of the Missing-Susannah Charleson
3) More than 40 chapters -The Beatryce Prophecy Kate Dicamillo
4) Lowercase letters on the spine- the Vulnerables-Sigrid Nunez
5) Magical Realism- Shark Heart-Emily Habeck
6) Women in STEM- Annihilation –Jeff VanderMeer
7) At least four different POV- The Hunting Party-Lucy Foley
8) Features the ocean Beyond That the Sea-Laura Spence Ash
9) A character-driven novel –Jar of Hearts-Jennifer Hiller
10) Told in non-chronological order- novel Happy Place -Emily Henry
11) Title starting with the letter “K”- Kisses from Katie-Katie Davis
12) Title starting with the letter “L” –Lighter Yung pueblo
13) An academic thriller- I Have Some Questions for You- Rebecca Makkai
14) A grieving character-- Lincoln in the Bardo-George Suanders
15) Part of a duology- Divine Rivals-Rebecca Ross
16) An omniscient narrator An Unwanted Guest –Shari Lapena
17) Nominated for The Booker Prize- Remains of the Day-Kazuo Ishiguro¬
18) An apostrophe in the title- If You Ask me, And you Won’t-Betty White
19) A buddy read- Home Front- Kristin Hannah
20) A revenge story- First Lie Wins-Ashley Elston
21) Written by a ghostwriter- Dolly Parton Beyond the Seams
22) A plot similar to another book- Angels Walking Karen Kingsbury
23) The other book with the similar plot- Catching Sinset
24) A cover without people on it – The In-Between Hadley Vlahos
25) An author “everyone” has read except you-Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson -Twain
26) Hybrid genre-How to Stop time-Matt Haig
27) By a neurodivergent author- The Reason I Jump-Naoki Higashida
28) A yellow spine- Dear Committee Member Julie Schumaker
29) Published in a Year of the Dragon- Tears of a Giraffe- Alex. Mccall Smith
30) Picked without reading the blurb- - Not Funny-Jena Friedman
31) Includes a personal phobia -Rip in Heaven-Jeanine Cummins
32) Timeframe spans a week or less –Today, Tonight Tomorrow-Rachel Lynn Solomon#43,47
33) An abrupt ending- To the Lighthouse-Virginia Wolf
34) Set in a landlocked country- #1 ladies detective Agency-Alexander Mccall Smith
35) Title matches lyrics from a song- Come and Get it-Kiley Reid
36) Has futuristic technology Binti-NNedi Okorafor
37) Palindrome on the cover Mom&Me& Mom-Maya Angelou
38) Published by Hachette Harben-Haben Gima
39) Non-fiction recommended by a friend= All over but the Shoutin’-Rick Bragg
40) Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate – On Juneteenth Annette Gordon Reed
41) A sticker on the cover-– Such a Pretty Fat-Jen Lancaster
42) Author debut in second half of 2024 #######
43) About finding identity- Boy Tales from Childhood- Roald Dahl
44) Includes a wedding The Wish_ Nicholas Sparks
45) Chapter headings have dates- Once Upon a Camel-Kathi Appelt #3, 30
46) Featuring Indigenous culture- Two Old Women-Velma Wallis
47) Self-insert by an author – Tom Felton Beyond the Wand
48) The word “secret” in the title- The Secret Loves of Geeks-
49) Set in a city starting with the letter “M”- Ring Shout-P/Djeli Clark
50) A musical instrument on the cover- Jimmy Buffet A good life all the way
51) Related to the word “Wild” The Wild Robot Protects-Peter Brown
52) Published in 2024-- The Fury –Alex Michaelides

1. Locked-room mystery
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
√5. Magical realism-"End of Story" by Kylie Scott
6. Women in STEM
√7. At least four different POVs-"The Paris Apartment" by Lucy Foley
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
√11. Title starting with the letter “K”-Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel by Ann M. Martin
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller
√14. A grieving character-"The Collective" by Alison Gaylin
√15. Part of a duology-"City of Dragons"
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine
√29. Published in a Year of the Dragon-"The Last Days of Lilah GoodLuck" by Kylie Scott
√30. Picked without reading the blurb-The Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates-"The Passionate Tudor" by Alison Weir
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
√48. The word “secret” in the title-"The Secret Garden on 81st Street." by Ivy Noelle Weir
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
√52. Published in 2024-"Safe Passage" by G. Neri & David Brame

1. Locked-room mystery -
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book – White Smoke
3. More than 40 chapters – Iron Flame
4. Lowercase letters on the spine – Gorgeous Gruesome Faces
5. Magical realism – Other Birds
6. Women in STEM –
7. At least four different POVs – Fantastic Land
8. Features the ocean – West with Giraffes
9. A character-driven novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
10. Told in non-chronological order – This is How You Lose the Time War
11. Title starting with the letter “K” – Kiss Her Once for Me
12. Title starting with the letter “L” – Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
13. An academic thriller - Bunny
14. A grieving character – The Astonishing Color of After
15. Part of a duology -
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize – The Vegetarian
18. An apostrophe in the title – My Sister’s Keeper
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story – The Bullet Swallower
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book –Garden Spells
23. The other book with the similar plot – Practical Magic
24. A cover without people on it – First Frost
25. An author “everyone” has read except you – The Silent Patient
26. Hybrid genre – Divine Rivals
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine – Carrie Soto Is Back
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb – The Weight of Blood
31. Includes a personal phobia - Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
32. Time frame spans a week or less – Long Way Down
33. An abrupt ending – Open Throat
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song – Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story
36. Has futuristic technology – An Unkindness of Ghosts
37. Palindrome on the cover – One Dark Window
38. Published by Hachette – The Girl Who Drank the Moon
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding – People We Meet on Vacation
45. Chapter headings have dates – None of This Is True
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author – Mary: An Awakening of Terror
48. The word “secret” in the title – The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover – Lucky Leap Day
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

I just found this challenge, so I'm running a bit behind. I'm looking forward to see how much I can complete.
14 of 52 completed

1. Locked-room mystery: Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
5. Magical realism
6. Women in STEM
7. At least four different POVs
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel: The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek Miller
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
12. Title starting with the letter “L”: The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History by Manjula Martin
13. An academic thriller: Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre: Sapphire Flames (Romance/fantasy) by Ilona Andrews
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine: The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb: Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less: The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover: The Debutante by Jon Ronson (audible only)
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding: Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews
45. Chapter headings have dates
46. Featuring Indigenous culture: A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter (audiobook)
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”: The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors by Erika Howsare
52. Published in 2024: Exposed: The Ashley Madison Hack by Sophie Elmhirst (audible only)

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✅1) Locked-room mystery - The Housemaid
✅2) Bibliosmia: A smelly book - The Perfume Collector
✅3) More than 40 chapters - Maurice
✅4) Lowercase letters on the spine - Verity
✅5) Magical Realism - The Midnight Library
✅6) Women in STEM - Lessons in Chemistry
✅7) At least four different POV - Trust
✅8) Features the ocean - The Island of Sea Women
✅9) A character-driven novel - Demon Copperhead
✅10) Told in non-chronological order - All the Light We Cannot See
✅11) Title starting with the letter “K” - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
✅12) Title starting with the letter “L” - Letters from Thailand: A Novel
✅13) An academic thriller - The Reformatory
✅14) A grieving character - The Phone Box at the Edge of the World
✅15) Part of a duology - It Ends with Us
✅16) An omniscient narrator - Animal Farm
✅17) Nominated for The Booker Prize - Warlight
✅18) An apostrophe in the title - Lady Tan's Circle of Women
❌19) A buddy read
✅20) A revenge story - Murder on the Orient Express
✅21) Written by a ghostwriter - Paris: The Memoir
✅22) A plot similar to another book - Yellowface
✅23) The other book with the similar plot - The Plot
✅24) A cover without people on it - Absolution
✅25) An author “everyone” has read except you - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
❌26) Hybrid genre
✅27) By a neurodivergent author - Reasons to Stay Alive
✅28) A yellow spine - Bright Young Women
❌29) Published in a Year of the Dragon
✅30) Picked without reading the blurb - The Silent Patient
✅31) Includes a personal phobia - The Covenant of Water
✅32) Timeframe spans a week or less - Ulysses
✅33) An abrupt ending - The Sheltering Sky
✅34) Set in a landlocked country - Cutting for Stone
❌35) Title matches lyrics from a song
❌36) Has futuristic technology
✅37) Palindrome on the cover - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✅38) Published by Hachette - Pachinko
✅39) Non-fiction recommended by a friend - 28-Day FAST Start Day-by-Day
❌40) Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
✅41) A sticker on the cover - Finding Nouf
❌42) Author debut in second half of 2024
✅43) About finding identity - Before We Were Yours
✅44) Includes a wedding - The Last Dollar Princess
❌45) Chapter headings have dates -
❌46) Featuring Indigenous culture - [Planned - The Berry Pickers]
✅47) Self-insert by an author - Hello Beautiful
✅48) The word “secret” in the title - This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
✅49) Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Bollywood For Dummies
❌50) A musical instrument on the cover
✅51) Related to the word “Wild” - Where the Crawdads Sing
❌52) Published in 2024 - [Planned - The Women]

x1. Locked-room mystery - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
x2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
x3. More than 40 chapters - Crescent City by Saarh J Maas
x4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Another Day by David Levithan
x 5. Magical realism - The Wisteria Soceity of Lady Scroundrels
x 6. Women in STEM - The Engineers Wife by Tracy Enerson Wood
x7. At least four different POVs - Caress of Twilight (Merry Gentry) by Laurell K Hamilton
x8. Features the ocean - Something In the Water
x9. A character-driven novel - Aphrodite and the Duke
x10. Told in non-chronological order The Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton
x11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton
x12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
x13. An academic thriller - A Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
x 14. A grieving character - Neighbor by Danielle Steele
x 15. Part of a duology - Haunting Adeline by HD Carlton
x16. An omniscient narrator - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
x17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
x18. An apostrophe in the title - Satan's Affair by HD Carlton
x19. A buddy read - Empire Of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
x20. A revenge story - The Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros
x21. Written by a ghostwriter - Becoming by Michelle Obama
x22. A plot similar to another book - Without Merit by Colleen Hoover
x23. The other book with the similar plot - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
x24. A cover without people on it - You shouldn't have come here by Jeneva Rose
x25. An author “everyone” has read except you - A Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
x26. Hybrid genre - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
x27. Be a neurodivergent author - A Fault in our stars by John Green
x28. A yellow spine - The It Girl by Ruth Ware
x29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Merrick -Anne Rice
x30. Picked without reading the blurb: The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendships
x31. Includes a personal phobia -Brittany Spears the Woman in me
x32. Time frame spans a week or less - Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros
x33. An abrupt ending - The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
x34. Set in a landlocked country - The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner #1 in Switzerland)by Sarah Pearse
x35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover (song by The Cure)
36. Has futuristic technology - Year One by Nora Roberts
x37. Palindrome on the cover - Sorry not Sorry by Sophie Ranald
x38. Published by Hachette - A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
x39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
x 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - Opal Lee and what it means to be free: The true story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan
x41. A sticker on the cover - Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
x42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Leather & Lark, by Brynee Weaver
x43. About finding identity -Identity by Nora Roberts
x44. Includes a wedding - A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
x45. Chapter headings have dates - First Lies by Ashley Elston
x46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by: Xochitl Gonzalez
x47. Self-insert by an author - Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
x48. The word “secret” in the title - Ladies of the Secret Circus
x49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” Deception of spanish love by Elena Armas (Manhattan)
50. A musical instrument on the cover - Violin - Anne Rice
x51. Related to the word “Wild” - Emily Wildes Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett
x52. Published in 2024 - Bride by Ali Hazelwood

√ 1. Locked-room mystery - The Writing Retreat
√ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - The Scent Keeper
√ 3. More than 40 chapters - Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
√ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Little
√ 5. Magical realism - The Unmaking of June Farrow
√ 6. Women in STEM - Feed Them Silence
√ 7. At least four different POVs - Brutes
√ 8. Features the ocean - Pod
√ 9. A character-driven novel - Big Swiss
√ 10. Told in non-chronological order - Girl in Snow
√ 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kill for Love
√ 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Lot
√ 13. An academic thriller - The Reformatory
√ 14. A grieving character - The Manicurist's Daughter
√ 15. Part of a duology - The Bell in the Fog
√ 16. An omniscient narrator - Young Mungo
√ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - Normal People
√ 18. An apostrophe in the title - The Driver's Seat
√ 19. A buddy read - Goddess of Filth
√ 20. A revenge story - Among Wolves
√ 21. Written by a ghostwriter - I Want You More
√ 22. A plot similar to another book - Delicate Condition
√ 23. The other book with the similar plot - Deliver Me
√ 24. A cover without people on it - Rouge
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
√ 26. Hybrid genre - The Girls
√ 27. Be a neurodivergent author - Kindred
√ 28. A yellow spine - Lemon
√ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - A Good Happy Girl
√ 30. Picked without reading the blurb - The Blind Owl
√ 31. Includes a personal phobia - Interesting Facts about Space
√ 32. Time frame spans a week or less - Everything Calls for Salvation
√ 33. An abrupt ending - Swanna in Love
√ 34. Set in a landlocked country - The Wall
√ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Never Let Me Go
√ 36. Has futuristic technology - Terminal Boredom: Stories
√ 37. Palindrome on the cover - Evil Eye
√ 38. Published by Hachette - Seven Days in June
√ 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
√ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - The Bandit Queens
√ 41. A sticker on the cover - Nestlings
√ 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Anyone's Ghost
√ 43. About finding identity - Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
√ 44. Includes a wedding - When the Reckoning Comes
√ 45. Chapter headings have dates - All My Mother's Lovers
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
√ 47. Self-insert by an author - The House of Hidden Meanings
48. The word “secret” in the title
√ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Carnality
50. A musical instrument on the cover
√ 51. Related to the word “Wild” - Wilder Girls
√ 52. Published in 2024 - Sugar, Baby

1. Locked-room mystery
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3. More than 40 chapters **15th Affair - James Patterson
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
5. Magical realism
6. Women in STEM
7. At least four different POVs
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title **Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less **North of Nowhere - Allison Brennan
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song **He Sees You When You're Sleeping - Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clard
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

☑ 1. Locked-room mystery - The Woman in Cabin 10
☑ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Burn
☑ 3. More than 40 chapters - 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
☑ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Blended
☑ 5. Magical realism - Sky Full of Elephants
☑ 6. Women in STEM - Joan Is Okay
☑ 7. At least four different POVs - Iron Gold
☑ 8. Features the ocean - The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
☑ 9. A character-driven novel - Remarkably Bright Creatures
☑ 10. Told in non-chronological order - The Fraud
☑ 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kittentits
☑ 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Lost Ark Dreaming
☑ 13. An academic thriller - If We Were Villains
☑ 14. A grieving character - A Short Stay in Hell
☑ 15. Part of a duology - A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☑ 16. An omniscient narrator - The House in the Cerulean Sea
☑ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Bee Sting
☑ 18. An apostrophe in the title - Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
☑ 19. A buddy read - Project Hail Mary
☑ 20. A revenge story - The Fifth Season
☑ 21. Written by a ghostwriter - My Chinese Marriage
☑ 22. A plot similar to another book - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
☑ 23. The other book with the similar plot - Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
☑ 24. A cover without people on it - The Reappearance of Rachel Price
☑ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Funny Story
☑ 26. Hybrid genre - Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
☑ 27. By a neurodivergent author - The Life Impossible
☑ 28. A yellow spine - Yellowface
☑ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - The Heiress
☑ 30. Picked without reading the blurb - Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Deserted Island Diary, Vol. 1
☑ 31. Includes a personal phobia - Hollow Kingdom
☑ 32. Time frame spans a week or less - Whalefall
☑ 33. An abrupt ending - Nineteen Minutes
☑ 34. Set in a landlocked country - After Oz
☑ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Nothing but the Rain
☑ 36. Has futuristic technology - The Membranes
☑ 37. Palindrome on the cover - The House of Eve
☑ 38. Published by Hachette - Dava Shastri's Last Day
☑ 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Madhouse at the End of the Earth
☑ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - Lunar New Year Love Story
☑ 41. A sticker on the cover - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
☑ 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend
☑ 43. About finding identity - Margo's Got Money Troubles
☑ 44. Includes a wedding - The Paradise Problem
☑ 45. Chapter headings have dates - The Log from the Sea of Cortez
☑ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Elatsoe
☑ 47. Self-insert by an author - Convenience Store Woman
☑ 48. The word “secret” in the title - The Evil Secret Society of Cats, Vol. 1
☑ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant
☑ 50. A musical instrument on the cover - The Violin Conspiracy
☑ 51. Related to the word “Wild” - Lost Man's Lane
☑ 52. Published in 2024 - James

a little late to the party, but I'm dropping my list anyways! Some of y'all have completed your entire list and it's not even June, so I think I might still have a fighting chance 😅

📕🥇 1. Locked-room mystery - And Then There Were None
📕🥇2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World
📗 3. More than 40 chapters - A Court of Mist and Fury
📕 4. Lowercase letters on the spine
📕🥇 5. Magical realism - Practical Magic
📗🥇 6. Women in STEM - On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal
📗🥇 7. At least four different POVs - Empire of Storms
📗 8. Features the ocean - The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
📗🥇 9. A character-driven novel - Pride and Prejudice
📕🥇10. Told in non-chronological order - After the Quake
📕 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kingdom of Ash
📕 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Lightning Thief
📕 13. An academic thriller - The Secret History
📗🥇 14. A grieving character Tower of Dawn
📕 15. Part of a duology
📗🥇 16. An omniscient narrator - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
📕 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - Mater 2-10
📕🥇 18. An apostrophe in the title - Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
📗 19. A buddy read - The Assassin's Blade
📗 20. A revenge story - Queen of Shadows
📕🥇 21. Written by a ghostwriter - Coming Home
📗 22. A plot similar to another book - Animal Liberation
📕 23. The other book with the similar plot - Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed
📕 24. A cover without people on it
📕🥇 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Beach Read
📕 26. Hybrid genre
📗🥇 27. Be a neurodivergent author - I'm Glad My Mom Died
📕 28. A yellow spine
📗🥇 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
📕🥇 30. Picked without reading the blurb
📕 31. Includes a personal phobia - In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction
📕 32. Time frame spans a week or less
📗🥇 33. An abrupt ending - Fourth Wing
📕🥇 34. Set in a landlocked country - Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
📗🥇 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food
📗 36. Has futuristic technology - Dune
📕🥇 37. Palindrome on the cover - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
📕🥇 38. Published by Hachette - Twilight
📕🥇 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
📕 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
📕🥇 41. A sticker on the cover - Gilead
📕 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
📕🥇 43. About finding identity - Giovanni's Room
📕 44. Includes a wedding
📕 45. Chapter headings have dates
📗 46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Heart Berries
📗 47. Self-insert by an author - Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries
📕🥇 48. The word “secret” in the title - The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
📕 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
📕 50. A musical instrument on the cover
📕🥇 51. Related to the word “Wild” - The Jungle
📕 52. Published in 2024

Completed December 18!

✓ 1. Locked-room mystery: Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey (3 stars)
✓ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book: In Search of Perfumes: A Lifetime Journey to the Source of Nature's Scents by Dominique Roques (4 stars)
✓ 3. More than 40 chapters: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (4 stars)
✓ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy (4 stars)
✓ 5. Magical realism: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (4 stars)

✓ 6. Women in STEM: Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe by Jane Goodall (4 stars)
✓ 7. At least four different POVs: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley (4 stars)
✓ 8. Features the ocean: Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg (4 stars)
✓ 9. A character-driven novel: The Nude by C. Michelle Lindley (3 stars)
✓ 10. Told in non-chronological order: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (3 stars)

✓ 11. Title starting with the letter K: Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester (4 stars)
✓ 12. Title starting with the letter L: Loot by Tania James (4 stars)
✓ 13. An academic thriller: The Truants by Kate Weinberg (3 stars)
✓ 14. A grieving character: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (3 stars)
✓ 15. Part of a duology: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris (4 stars)

✓ 16. An omniscient narrator: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (3 stars)
✓ 17. Nominated for the Booker Prize: The Trees by Percival Everett (4 stars)
✓ 18. An apostrophe in the title: The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (4 stars)
✓ 19. A buddy read: Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott (4 stars)
✓ 20. A revenge story: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (4 stars)

✓ 21. Written by a ghostwriter: Spare by Prince Harry (4 stars)
✓ 22. A plot similar to another book: Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh (3 stars)
✓ 23. The other book with the similar plot: Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (4 stars)
✓ 24. A cover without people on it: The Hunter by Tana French (5 stars)
✓ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas (3 stars)

✓ 26. Hybrid genre: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older (4 stars)
✓ 27. By a neurodivergent author: Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (4 stars)
✓ 28. A yellow spine: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (5 stars)
✓ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (4 stars)
✓ 30. Picked without reading the blurb: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark (4 stars)

✓ 31. Includes a personal phobia: Friends in High Places by Donna Leon (3 stars)
✓ 32. Time frame spans a week or less: There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh (3 stars)
✓ 33. An abrupt ending: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (4 stars)
✓ 34. Set in a landlocked country [Austria]: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (3 stars)
✓ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune (3 stars)

✓ 36. Has futuristic technology: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (5 stars)
✓ 37. Palindrome on the cover: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (3 stars)
✓ 38. Published by Hachette: The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell (4 stars)
✓ 39. Nonfiction recommended by a friend: Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story by Carol Shaben (4 stars)
✓ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate [Lunar New Year]: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Yuen Yang and LeUyen Pham (4 stars)

✓ 41. A sticker on the cover: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (4 stars)
✓ 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (4 stars)
✓ 43. About finding identity: Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne (3 stars)
✓ 44. Includes a wedding: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (3 stars)
✓ 45. Chapter headings have dates: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (4 stars)

✓ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture: Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (3 stars)
✓ 47. Self-insert by an author: Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (4 stars)
✓ 48. The word “secret” in the title: Secret Identity by Alex Segura (4 stars)
✓ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter M [Montreal]: When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill (4 stars)
✓ 50. A musical instrument on the cover: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4 stars)

✓ 51. Related to the word “wild”: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (5 stars)
✓ 52. Published in 2024: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon (5 stars)

2024 Challenge

✅1. A locked-room mystery: The Writing Retreat ★★★
✅2. A book related to bibliosmia - a smelly book: One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 ★★★★
✅3. A book with more than 40 chapters: The Night Shift ★★★
✅4. A book with lowercase letters on the spine: Under the Influence ★★★★
✅5. A magical realism book: Let Us Descend ★★★★
✅6. A book featuring women in STEM: Goldilocks ★★★
✅7. A book with at least four different POVs: Mascot ★★★★
✅8. A book that features the ocean: Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim ★★★
✅9. A character-driven novel: Little Fires Everywhere ★★★★★
✅10. A book told in non-chronological order: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years ★★★★
✅11. A book with a title starting with the letter K: Kala ★★★★
✅12. A book with a title starting with the letter L: Leslie F*cking Jones ★★★★
✅13. An academic thriller: They Never Learn ★★★★★
✅14. A book with a grieving character: The Year of Second Chances ★★★★
✅15. A book that is part of a duology: Divine Rivals ★★★★
✅16. A book with an omniscient narrator: Their Eyes Were Watching God ★★★★
✅17. A book that was ominated for the Booker Prize: The House of Doors
✅18. A book with an apostrophe in the title: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England ★★★★★
✅19. A buddy read: The Princess of Thornwood Drive ★★★
✅20. A revenge story: Goodbye Earl ★★
✅21. A book written by a ghostwriter: Open ★★★★
✅22. Two books with similar plots - Book 1: Love and Other Words ★★★★
✅23. Two books with similar plots - Book 2: Every Summer After ★★★
✅24. A book without any people on the cover: Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments ★★★★★
✅25. A book by an author everyone has read except you: The Burnout (Sophie Kinsella) ★★★
✅26. A book with a hybrid genre (historical/crime/mystery/thriller): Small Mercies ★★★★★
✅27. A book by a neurodivergent author: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times ★★★
✅28. A book with a yellow spine: Bright Young Women ★★★★
✅29. A book published in a Year of the Dragon:
2024: Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America ★★★★
2012: The World We Found ★★★
2000: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius ★★★★
1988: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream ★★★★
1976: Interview with the Vampire ★★★★★
1964: A Single Man ★★★★
✅30. A book picked without reading the blurb: The Best Way to Bury Your Husband ★★★
✅31. A book that includes a personal phobia: The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession ★★★
✅32. A book with a time frame that spans a week or less: The Three of Us ★★
✅33. A book with an abrupt ending: Mariam Sharma Hits the Road ★★★★
✅34. A book set in a landlocked country (Nepal): Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster ★★★★
✅35. A book with a title that matches lyrics from a song: Don't Want You Like a Best Friend ★★★
✅36. A book that features futuristic technology: The Future ★★★
✅37. A book with a palindrome on the cover: Seveneves ★★★
✅38. A book published by Hachette: How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures ★★
✅39. A nonfiction book recommended by a friend: Outrage Machine: How Tech Is Amplifying Discontent, Undermining Democracy, and Pushing Us Towards Chaos ★★★★
✅40. A book set during a holiday you don’t celebrate: Ramón and Julieta ★★★
✅41. A book with a sticker on the cover: Slow Dance ★★★★
✅42. An author's debut published in the second half of 2024: Pearl ★★★★
✅43. A book about finding identity: Hijab Butch Blues ★★★★
✅44. A book that includes a wedding: The Invisible Hour ★★★★
✅45. A book with chapter headings that have dates: Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America ★★★★
✅46. A book featuring Indigenous culture: The Seed Keeper ★★★
✅47. A book with a self-insert by an author: Chasing the Boogeyman ★★★★
✅48. A book with secret in the title: The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen ★★★★
✅49. A book set in a city starting with M (Madrid): The Familiar ★★★★
✅50. A book with a musical instrument on the cover: Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir ★★★★
✅51. A book related to the word wild: Wild and Distant Seas ★★★★
✅52. A book published in 2024: Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America ★★★★

Read it, Watch it Challenge

January-March: A book/movie with a hybrid genre:
✅BOOK: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (nonfiction/financial thriller) ★★★★
✅MOVIE: "The Big Short" (2015 comedy-drama) ★★★★★
April-June: A book/movie that includes a wedding:
✅BOOK: The Buccaneers ★★★★
✅MOVIE: "The Buccaneers" (2023 streaming series) ★★★★
July–September: A character-driven book/movie:
✅BOOK: The Remains of the Day ★★★★
✅MOVIE: "The Remains of the Day" (1990 period drama) ★★★★
October–December: A book/movie from a Year of the Dragon (2012):
✅BOOK: The Miseducation of Cameron Post ★★★★
✅MOVIE: "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" (2018 comedy-drama) ★★★

Mini Challenges

✅February - A book in your favorite genre by a Black author: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde ★★★★
✅February - A book related to the phrase Be Mine, Valentine: Valentine ★★★★
✅February - A book by an author born in a leap year: Forward: A Memoir ★★★★
✅April - (Never Gonna) Give You Up: Sunshine Nails ★★★★
✅April - (Never Gonna) Let You Down: This Could Be Us ★★★★★
✅April - (Never Gonna) Desert You: James ★★★★★
✅May - A book by an author whose last name begins with M: Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution ★★★★
✅May - A book related to alpha: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer ★★★★
✅May - A book with an interrogative word in the title: What Is Love? ★★★
✅September - A book related to Professor Plum: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir ★★★★
✅September - A book related to in the kitchen: After the Forest ★★★★
✅September - A book related to with a revolver: The Bullet Swallower ★★★
✅October - A book with a beverage on the cover: So Thirsty ★★
✅October - A book that pairs with a favorite sweater: Bazaar Girls ★★★
✅October - A cozy read: Hex Appeal ★★★★
✅November - A book related to the word intergalactic: Translation State ★★★
✅November - A book set in a country bordering 5+ other countries (France): You Me Everything ★★★
✅November - A book set in 2000-2010: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ★★★★
✅November - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell ★★★★
✅December - A book with December captured on the cover: A December to Remember ★★★
✅December - A book related to holiday harmonies: One Big Happy Family ★★★
✅December - A book that features festive flavors: Three Holidays and a Wedding ★★★★★

Summer 2024 Reading Challenge

✅1. A book set in Paris: Perestroika in Paris ★★★
✅2. A book with a flame on the cover: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books ★★★★★
✅3. A book related to going for gold: Just Add Water: My Swimming Life ★★★★
✅4. 100M SPRINT - A short story collection: You Like It Darker ★★★★
✅5. LONG JUMP - An audiobook that is 15+ hours long: The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial ★★★
✅6. STEEPLECHASE - A book with a character who is a spiritual leader: Twelfth Knight ★★★★
✅7. BOXING - A book with a strong opening hook: Listen for the Lie ★★★★★
✅8. WRESTLING - A heavy read: Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets ★★★★
✅9. FENCING - A book featuring witty banter: My Lady Jane ★★★★★
✅10. BALANCE BEAM - A book about finding balance in life: Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life ★★★★
✅11. UNEVEN BARS - A book from a series with uneven number of books: The Girl in the Tower ★★★★
✅12. RINGS - A book with jewelry on the cover: I Take You ★★
✅13. SYNCHRONIZED DIVING - A sports romance novel: Fangirl Down ★★★★
✅14. WATER POLO - A book that made a splash: Butcher & Blackbird ★★★★
✅15. BUTTERFLY - A book featuring the butterfly effect: All Our Wrong Todays ★★★★★
✅16. ROAD CYCLING - A book set in a time period without modern transportation: A Woman Of Endurance ★★★
✅17. TEAM PURSUIT - A book featuring a group of friends: Before We Were Innocent ★★★★
✅18. CROSS-COUNTRY - A book related to endurance: Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy ★★★★
✅19. HANDBALL - A book by an author who has the same last name as an Olympian: Counterfeit ★★★
✅20. VOLLEYBALL - A book set in a country that wins a 2024 Olympic gold in volleyball: Britt-Marie Was Here ★★★
✅21. FOOTBALL/SOCCER - A book with a double letter word in title: Meet the Benedettos ★★★★
✅22. A book with at least four Olympic ring colors on cover: The Rom-Commers ★★★★
✅23. A book by an author who hasn’t released a book in the past four years: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ★★★★
✅24. A memoir or biography about an Olympian: Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice ★★★

I just discovered this group now, but a lot of the books I have read so far this year fits the promts!

Completed 30th October 🥳

Main Challenge (52 / 52)
✅️ 1. Locked-room mystery - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Y/N by Esther Yi (as in "it stinks", this was a really bad book) (completed, physical book)
✅️ 3. More than 40 chapters - The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams (42+ chapters) (completed, audiobook)
✅ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (completed, audiobook)
✅ 5. Magical realism - Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (completed, e-book)
✅️ 6. Women in STEM - The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren (completed, audiobook)
✅ 7. At least four different POVs - Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (completed, audiobook)
✅ 8. Features the ocean - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (completed, audiobook)
✅ 9. A character-driven novel - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (completed, audiobook)
✅ 10. Told in non-chronological order - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (completed, audiobook)
✅ 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee (completed, audiobook)
✅ 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 13. An academic thriller - The Secret History by Donna Tartt (completed, audiobook)
✅ 14. A grieving character - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (completed, audiobook)
✅ 15. Part of a duology - Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (completed, audiobook)
✅ 16. An omniscient narrator - Dune by Frank Herbert (completed, physical book)
✅ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (completed, audiobook)
✅ 18. An apostrophe in the title - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 19. A buddy read - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (completed, audiobook)
✅ 20. A revenge story - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 21. Written by a ghostwriter - Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (completed, audiobook)
✅ 22. A plot similar to another book - Passing by Nella Larsen (both about two black women, where one of them passes as white) (completed, audiobook)
✅ 23. The other book with the similar plot - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (both about two black women, where one of them passes as white) (completed, audiobook
✅ 24. A cover without people on it - Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken (completed, physical book)
✅ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (completed, physical book)
✅ 26. Hybrid genre - Babel by R.F. Kuang (historical & fantasy) (completed, audiobook)
✅ 27. By a neurodivergent author - Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price (completed, audiobook)
✅ 28. A yellow spine - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (completed, audiobook)
✅ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (first published in 1952) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 30. Picked without reading the blurb - Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami (a random one that was available at the library) (completed, e-book)
✅️ 31. Includes a personal phobia - The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (both MCs deal with phobias) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 32. Time frame spans a week or less - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (takes place over just one day) (completed, e-book)
✅ 33. An abrupt ending - The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada (completed, physical book)
✅️ 34. Set in a landlocked country - The Wall by Marlen Haushofer (set in Austria) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein (from the lyrics to "Modern Girl" by Brownstein's band Sleater-Kinney) (completed, audiobook)
✅ 36. Has futuristic technology - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (completed, physical book)
✅️ 37. Palindrome on the cover - Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon (completed, physical book)
✅️ 38. Published by Hachette - Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez (completed, audiobook)
✅ 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli (completed, audiobook)
✅ 41. A sticker on the cover - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen (completed, audiobook)
✅ 43. About finding identity - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (completed, physical book)
✅ 44. Includes a wedding - Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 45. Chapter headings have dates - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 47. Self-insert by an author - Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie (has Ariadne Oliver in it) (completed, audiobook)
✅ 48. The word “secret” in the title - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (set in fictional Milton, based on real life Manchester) (completed, audiobook)
✅ 50. A musical instrument on the cover - A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett (has a string instrument on the cover) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 51. Related to the word “Wild” - Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (completed, audiobook)
✅ 52. Published in 2024 - Antropocen - Menneskets tidsalder edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen (completed, physcial book)

Mini Challenges (22 / 22)
✅ February - A book in your favorite genre by a Black author: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (fantasy) (completed, audiobook)
✅ February - A book related to the phrase Be Mine, Valentine: Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli (completed, audiobook)
✅ February - A book by an author born in a leap year: Babel by R.F. Kuang (completed, audiobook)
✅ April - (Never Gonna) Give You Up: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (completed, physical book)
✅ April - (Never Gonna) Let You Down: Golden Fool by Robin Hobb (completed, physical book)
✅️ April - (Never Gonna) Desert You: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James (completed, audiobook)
✅ May - A book by an author whose last name begins with M: Sula by Toni Morrison (completed, audiobook)
✅ May - A book related to alpha: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (all chapter headings begin with the letter A) (completed, audiobook)
✅ May - A book with an interrogative word in the title: When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté (completed, audiobook)
✅ September - A book related to Professor Plum: Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein (written by a professor) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ September - A book related to in the kitchen: Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (completed, audiobook)
✅️ September - A book related to with a revolver: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (completed, audiobook)
✅️ October - A Beverage on the Cover: I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (completed, audiobook)
✅️ October - Pairs With a Favourite Sweater: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (they are both orange) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ October - A Cozy Read: Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter (completed, audiobook)
✅️ November- Related to the Word Interstellar: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (completed, physical book)
✅️ November - Set in a Country Bordering at Least 5 Other Countries: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (completed, audiobook)
✅️ November - Set in 2000-2010: Manacled by SenLinYu (completed, e-book)
✅️ November - 800-900 pages: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (completed, audiobook)
✅️ December - December Captured on the Cover: Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (completed, physical book)
✅️ December - Holiday Harmonies: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (completed, audiobook)
✅️ December - Features Festive Flavours: Grimoires and Gingerbread by Danielle Garrett (planned)

Challenge Completed: 7/19/2024

1. Locked-room mystery The Maid
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book Bride
3. More than 40 chapters Boyfriend Material
4. Lowercase letters on the spine A Certain Hunger
5. Magical realism The Seven Year Slip
6. Women in STEM Not in Love
7. At least four different POVs Wahala
8. Features the ocean A Restless Truth
9. A character-driven novel Before I Let Go
10. Told in non-chronological order The Book Eaters
11. Title starting with the letter “K” The Kaiju Preservation Society
12. Title starting with the letter “L” The Land of Lost Things
13. An academic thriller Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
14. A grieving character Crying in H Mart
15. Part of a duology Her Majesty's Royal Coven
16. An omniscient narrator The Cat Who Saved Books
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize The Bookshop
18. An apostrophe in the title A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
19. A buddy read Starter Villain
20. A revenge story Murder on the Orient Express
21. Written by a ghostwriter The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
22. A plot similar to another book The Hacienda
23. The other book with the similar plot Rebecca
24. A cover without people on it XX
25. An author “everyone” has read except you Mrs. Dalloway
26. Hybrid genre The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
27. Be a neurodivergent author Ten Steps to Nanette
28. A yellow spine You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon Don't Cry, Tai Lake
30. Picked without reading the blurb Bringing Down the Duke
31. Includes a personal phobia Butcher & Blackbird
32. Time frame spans a week or less Anxious People
33. An abrupt ending Hench
34. Set in a landlocked country The Complete Persepolis
35. Title matches lyrics from a song Fairy Tale
36. Has futuristic technology To Be Taught, If Fortunate
37. Palindrome on the cover Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
38. Published by Hachette Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend Stories That Stick: How Storytelling Can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences, and Transform Your Business
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate A Holly Jolly Diwali
41. A sticker on the cover Assistant to the Villain
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 These Deathless Shores
43. About finding identity Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
44. Includes a wedding The Duke and I
45. Chapter headings have dates Les Liaisons dangereuses
46. Featuring Indigenous culture Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
47. Self-insert by an author Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
48. The word “secret” in the title Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” The Color Purple
50. A musical instrument on the cover Lucky Leap Day
51. Related to the word “Wild” Wild Life
52. Published in 2024 Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

1) Locked-room mystery: The Heiress
2) Bibliosmia: A smelly book: The Paris Novel
3) More than 40 chapters: Eruption
4) Lowercase letters on the spine: everything I know about parties, dates, life, love
5) Magical Realism: Here One Moment
6) Women in STEM: The Chamber
7) At least four different POV: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
8) Features the ocean: The Wager
9) A character-driven novel: Demon Copperhead
10) Told in non-chronological order: A Short Walk Through A Wide World
11) Title starting with the letter “K”: Killers of the Flower Moon
12) Title starting with the letter “L”: Look in the Mirror
13) An academic thriller: Come & Get It
14) A grieving character: Iron Flame
15) Part of a duology: The Exchange
16) An omniscient narrator: The Fury
17) Nominated for The Booker Prize: Orbital
18) An apostrophe in the title: The French Winemaker’s Daugher
19) A buddy read: Horse
20) A revenge story: First Lie Wins
21) Written by a ghostwriter: The Last Election
22) A plot similar to another book: The Plot
23) The other book with the similar plot: Yellowface
24) A cover without people on it: Absolution
25) An author “everyone” has read except you: The Little Liar
26) Hybrid genre: By Any Other Name
27) By a neurodivergent author: Sociopath: A Memoir
28) A yellow spine: The Coin
29) Published in a Year of the Dragon: The Demon of Unrest
30) Picked without reading the blurb: Anatomy of a Purple State
31) Includes a personal phobia: The Last Flight
32) Timeframe spans a week or less: Sandwich
33) An abrupt ending: Within Arm’s Reach
34) Set in a landlocked country: The Hike
35) Title matches lyrics from a song: Maria
36) Has futuristic technology: The Family Experiment
37) Palindrome on the cover: The Women by Kristin Hannah
38) Published by Hachette: Golden Years
39) Non-fiction recommended by a friend: An Unfinished Love Story
40) Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate: The Storyteller
41) A sticker on the cover: The Cliffs
42) Author debut in second half of 2024: In Search of the Romanovs
43) About finding identity: A Great Country
44) Includes a wedding: A Great Marriage
45) Chapter headings have dates: The Last Mona Lisa
46) Featuring Indigenous culture: The Vaster Wilds
47) Self-insert by an author: The Art Thief
48) The word “secret” in the title: The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
49) Set in a city starting with the letter “M”: A Gentleman in Moscow
50) A musical instrument on the cover: The Art Thief
51) Related to the word “Wild”: The Mountain Between Us
52) Published in 2024: The Editor

Locked Room Mystery- The Red House Mystery by Milne
Bibliosmia- At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Webber
More than 40 Chapters - The servants of Twilight by Koontz
Lowercase letters on spine- Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Poe
Magical Realism - Fairy Tale by King
Women in Stem- The Kraken Project by Preston
At Least 4 Different Points of View - Left Behind: The Kids #1
Features the Ocean- Thunder Over the Reefs by Minton
A Character Driven Novel - Stella Stands Alone by LaFaye
Told in Non-Chronological Order- The Year of the Sawdust Man LaFaye
Title Starting With the Letter “K” - The Keeper of the Hidden Books by Martin
Title Starting With the Letter “L” - The Lost Tomb by Preston
An Academic Thriller - The Lying Game by Ware
A Grieving Character - Echo of Old Books by Davis
Part of a Duology - H: The Story of Heathcliff’s Journey Back to Wuthering Heights by
Hines Sargent
An omniscient Narrator- The Hideaway by Koontz
Nominated for the Booker Prize - Life of Pi - Martel
An Apostrophe in the title- Rosemary’s Baby by Levin
A Buddy Read- Never Lie by McFadden
A Revenge Story - Dead Aim by Johanson
Written by A Ghostwriter - Deadly Heat by Castle
A Plot Similar to Another Book - The Ladies of Missalonghi by McCullough
The Other Book with the Similar Plot - Montgomery
A Cover Without People on it - The Killing Spree by Paddock
An Author “Everyone” Has Read Except You - I’ll Take Manhattan by Krantz
Hybrid Genre - What the River Knows by Ibanez
By a Neurodivergent Author - The Midnight Library by Haig
A Yellow Spine - At the Back of the North Wind by MacDonald
Published in a Year of the Dragon - The Golden Gate by MacLean
Picked Without Reading the Blurb - The Codex by Preston
Includes a Personal Phobia - The Island by Taylor
An Abrupt Ending - The Sound of Rain by Olsen
Time FrameSpans a Week or Less - Blue Heaven by Box
Set in a Landlocked Country - The Woman in the Moonlight by Morrisroe
Title Matches Lyrics From a Song - Final Moments by Page
Has Futuristic Technology - Relentless by Koontz
Palindrome on the Cover - Black Beauty by Sewell
Published By Hachette - The Curse of the Pharaohs by Peters
Non-Fiction Recommended By A Friend - The Lost City of Z by Grann
Set During a Holiday You Don’t Celebrate - Mardi Gras Murder by Byron
A Sticker on the Cover - Jacob Have I Loved by Paterson
Author Debut in Second Half of 2024 - Broken Bayou by Moorehead
About Finding Identity - Mr. Murder by Koontz
Includes a Wedding - Wedding Cake Murder by Fluke
Chapter Headings Have Dates - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Flagg
Featuring Indigenous Culture- Wild Sorrow by Ault
Self- Insert by an Author - Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut
The Word “ Secret” in the Title - Secret Prey by Sanders
Set in a City Starting With the Letter “M” - Sliver by Levin
A Musical Instrument on the Cover - The Violin Conspiracy by Slocumb
Related to the Word “Wild” - Wild Storm by Castle
Published in 2024 - Fragile Designs by Coble

1. Locked-room mystery - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

3. More than 40 chapters - The Only One Left by Riley Sager

4. Lowercase letters on the spine - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

5. Magical realism - Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt

6. Women in STEM - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

7. At least four different POVs - The One by John Marrs

8. Features the ocean - Jaws by Peter Benchley

9. A character-driven novel - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

10. Told in non-chronological order - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kill for Me, Kill for You
by Steve Cavanagh

12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

13. An academic thriller - If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

14. A grieving character - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

15. Part of a duology - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

16. An omniscient narrator - Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood

18. An apostrophe in the title - She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

21. Written by a ghostwriter - The Ghostwriter by A.R. Torre

22. A plot similar to another book - And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie

23. The other book with the similar plot - Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney

24. A cover without people on it - The House Across the Lake
by Riley Sager

25. An author “everyone” has read except you -Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton

26. Hybrid genre - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

27. Be a neurodivergent author - Feed by Mira Grant

28. A yellow spine - The It Girl by Ruth Ware

29. Published in a Year of the Dragon -Wonder by R.J. Palacio

30. Picked without reading the blurb

31. Includes a personal phobia - Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell

32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Maid by Nita Prose

33. An abrupt ending - In the Woods by Tana French

34. Set in a landlocked country - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

35. Title matches lyrics from a song - The Night Shift
by Alex Finlay

36. Has futuristic technology - Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

37. Palindrome on the cover - The Women
by Kristin Hannah

38. Published by Hachette - The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith

39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend

40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - The Martian
by Andy Weir

41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024

43. About finding identity - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

44. Includes a wedding - Moonflower Murders
by Anthony Horowitz

45. Chapter headings have dates - The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley

46. Featuring Indigenous culture

47. Self-insert by an author - Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman

48. The word “secret” in the title - Little Secrets
by Jennifer Hillier

49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Lock Every Door
by Riley Sager

50. A musical instrument on the cover

51. Related to the word “Wild” - The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah

52. Published in 2024 Murder Road
by Simone St. James

52 Book Club 2024

33/52 ✔️
✔️1. Locked-room mystery - The Guest List
✔️2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book (new book smell) - The Wishing Game
✔️3. More than 40 chapters - The Reappearance of Rachel Price
✔️4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Book Lovers
5. Magical realism
✔️6. Women in STEM (fmc is an engineer) - Face the Wind and Fly
7. At least four different POVs - Winter in Paradise
✔️8. Features the ocean - Shipped
✔️9. A character-driven novel - Anxious People
✔️10. Told in non-chronological order - Local Woman Missing
✔️11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kill Joy
✔️12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Last Necromancer
13. An academic thriller
✔️14. A grieving character - Sugar Daddy
✔️15. Part of a duology - Prince Charming
✔️16. An omniscient narrator -The Fury
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
✔️18. An apostrophe in the title - Something She's Not Telling Us
✔️19. A buddy read - The Malevolent Seven
✔️20. A revenge story - Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft
✔️21. Written by a ghostwriter - The Woman in Me
✔️22. A plot similar to another book - Magic Burns
✔️23. The other book with the similar plot - Magic Bites
✔️24. A cover without people on it - Pestilence
✔️25. An author “everyone” has read except you - The Hunger Games
✔️26. Hybrid genre - First Grave on the Right
✔️27. Be a neurodivergent author - Evil Under the Sun
✔️28. A yellow spine - Recursion
✔️29. Published in a Year of the Dragon (2024) - First Lie Wins
✔️30. Picked without reading the blurb - Never Lie
✔️31. Includes a personal phobia (interacting with a ghost) - Second Grave on the Left
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
✔️36. Has futuristic technology - Lock In
✔️37. Palindrome on the cover - The Girl Who Sees
38. Published by Hachette (Little, Brown & Company) - What Happens in Paradise
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding
✔️45. Chapter headings have dates - The Phoenix Crown
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
✔️47. Self-insert by an author - Dead Man's Folly
✔️48. The word “secret” in the title - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
✔️50. A musical instrument on the cover - The Violin Conspiracy
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

1. Locked-room mystery -- Claws of the Cat by Susan Spann
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book -- The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
3. More than 40 chapters -- The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
4. Lowercase letters on the spine -- The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
5. Magical realism -- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
6. Women in STEM -- The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
7. At least four different POVs -- Game by Barry Lyga
8. Features the ocean -- Hostile Shores by Dewey Lambdin
9. A character-driven novel -- The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
10. Told in non-chronological order -- Walking In the Midst of Fire by Thomas E. Sniegoski
11. Title starting with the letter “K” -- Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn
12. Title starting with the letter “L” -- Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
13. An academic thriller -- Midnight Frost by Jennifer Estep
14. A grieving character -- Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman
15. Part of a duology -- A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry
16. An omniscient narrator -- Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize -- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
18. An apostrophe in the title -- A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins
19. A buddy read -- Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
20. A revenge story -- Trapped by Revenge by Colleen Helme
21. Written by a ghostwriter -- Storm Front by Richard Castle
22. A plot similar to another book -- The Wartime Matchmakers by Lauren Smith
23. The other book with the similar plot -- The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London by Penrose Halson
24. A cover without people on it -- The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway
25. An author “everyone” has read except you -- Silken Prey by John Sandford
26. Hybrid genre -- Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
27. Be a neurodivergent author -- Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
28. A yellow spine -- The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon -- Last Man Out: Surviving the Burma-Thailand Death Railway by H. Robert Charles
30. Picked without reading the blurb -- Boundary Crossed by Melissa F. Olson
31. Includes a personal phobia -- Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
32. Time frame spans a week or less -- Semper Fidelis by Ruth Downie
33. An abrupt ending -- Hades by Candice Fox
34. Set in a landlocked country -- Morgarten by J.K. Swift
35. Title matches lyrics from a song -- Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow
36. Has futuristic technology -- The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
37. Palindrome on the cover -- Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber
38. Published by Hachette -- The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend -- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate -- A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr
41. A sticker on the cover -- The Magnificent Esme Wells by Adrienne Sharp
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava
43. About finding identity -- The Humans by Matt Haig
44. Includes a wedding -- Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones
45. Chapter headings have dates -- The Eye of God by James Rollins
46. Featuring Indigenous culture Ghost Medicine by Aimée Thurlo
47. Self-insert by an author -- Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs
48. The word “secret” in the title -- Ring of Secrets by Roseanna M. White
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” -- The Lioness of Morocco by Julia Drosten
50. A musical instrument on the cover -- A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn
51. Related to the word “Wild” -- Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
52. Published in 2024 -- Killing Time by Jodi Taylor

Prompt Book Suggestion Author
1 Locked-room mystery Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Agatha Christie
2 Bibliosmia: A smelly book Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Patrick Süskind
3 More than 40 chapters A Time to Kill: A Jake Brigance Novel John Grisham
4  Lowercase letters on the spine The Bookish Life of Nina Hill Abbi Waxman
5 Magical Realism One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
6 Women in STEM Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
7 At least four different POV The Things We Leave Unfinished Rebecca Yarros
8 Features the ocean Whalefall Daniel Kraus
9 A character-driven novel "A Man Called Ove: A Novel
Educated a Memoir" "Fredrik Backman
Tara Westover"
10 Told in non-chronological order The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
11 Title starting with the letter “K” Kafka on the Shore Murakami
12 Title starting with the letter “L” The Last Chance Library Freya Sampson
13 An academic thriller In My Dreams I Hold a Knife Ashley Winstead
14 A grieving character I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
15 Part of a duology Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo
16 An omniscient narrator Dune Frank Herbert
17 Nominated for The Booker Prize Milkman: A Novel Anna Burns
18 An apostrophe in the title "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
The biggest Job We'll ever have
I'll give you the sun" "Fredrik Backman
Laura and Malcolm Gauld
Jandy Nelson"
19 A buddy read The travelling cat chronicles Hiro Arikawa
20 A revenge story Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) Leigh Bardugo
21 Written by a ghostwriter "Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic" "Phil Knight
David Lagercrantz"
22 A plot similar to another book The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel Kim Michele Richardson
23 The other book with the similar plot The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club (A Novel) Jojo Moyes
24 A cover without people on it Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin
25 An author “everyone” has read except you The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
26 Hybrid genre 11/22/63: A Novel Stephen King
27 By a neurodivergent author Turtles All the Way Down John Green
28 A yellow spine Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman
29 Published in a Year of the Dragon Insurgent (Divergent Series, 2) Veronica Roth
30 Picked without reading the blurb Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 Cho Nam Joo
31 Includes a personal phobia Feeling Good
32 Timeframe spans a week or less Small things like these Claire Keegan
33 An abrupt ending One Day David Nicholls
34 Set in a landlocked country Shantaram Gregory David Roberts
35 Title matches lyrics from a song Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami
36 Has futuristic technology The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 25th Anniversary Edition: A Novel Douglas Adams
37 Palindrome on the cover Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin
38 Published by Hachette Pachinko Min Jin Lee
39 Non-fiction recommended by a friend Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo
40 Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 20) Agatha Christie
41 A sticker on the cover Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo
42 Author debut in second half of 2024
43 About finding identity Not Quite Narwhal (Not Quite Narwhal and Friends) Jessie Sima
44 Includes a wedding The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid
45 Chapter headings have dates Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 Cho Nam Joo
46 Featuring Indigenous culture "Stolen
The Emigrants" "Ann-Helén Laestadius
Moberg"
47 Self-insert by an author The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz #1) Anthony Horowitz
48 The word “secret” in the title The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
49 Set in a city starting with the letter “M” A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles
50 A musical instrument on the cover The Midnight Library Matt Haig
51 Related to the word “Wild” Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
52 Published in 2024 High on Life: How to Harness the Power of Six Hormones and Revolutionise Yourself David JP Phillips

✅ 1. Locked-room mystery - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
⚠️ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
✅ 3. More than 40 chapters - Mother-Daughter Murder Night
✅ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Divine Rivals
✅ 5. Magical realism - The League of Gentlewomen Witches
✅ 6. Women in STEM - Raiders of the Lost Heart
✅ 7. At least four different POVs - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
✅ 8. Features the ocean - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
✅ 9. A character-driven novel - King of Wrath
✅ 10. Told in non-chronological order - Maybe This Time
✅ 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kilt Trip
✅ 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Love at First Book
⚠️ 13. An academic thriller
✅ 14. A grieving character -You, with a View
✅ 15. Part of a duology - To Catch A Suitor
✅ 16. An omniscient narrator - Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
✅ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - My Sister, the Serial Killer
✅ 18. An apostrophe in the title - Mr. Malcolm's List
✅ 19. A buddy read - The Woman in Me
✅ 20. A revenge story - Assistant to the Villain
✅ 21. Written by a ghostwriter - When Grumpy Met Sunshine
✅ 22. A plot similar to another book - The Second Chance Year
✅ 23. The other book with the similar plot - This Spells Love
✅ 24. A cover without people on it - Mile High
✅ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Twisted Love
✅ 26. Hybrid genre - The Wishing Game
✅ 27. By a neurodivergent author - Better Hate than Never
✅ 28. A yellow spine - Begin Again
✅ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Right on Cue
✅ 30. Picked without reading the blurb - Just Some Stupid Love Story
✅ 31. Includes a personal phobia - How to Solve Your Own Murder
✅ 32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Deja Glitch
✅ 33. An abrupt ending - Same Time Next Year
✅ 34. Set in a landlocked country - A Castle in the Clouds
✅ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Come As You Are
✅ 36. Has futuristic technology - Starter Villain
✅ 37. Palindrome on the cover - Wildfire
✅38. Published by Hachette - The Inheritance Games
⚠️ 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
⚠️ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
✅ 41. A sticker on the cover - King of Pride
⚠️ 42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
✅ 43. About finding identity - When Women Were Dragons
✅ 44. Includes a wedding - To Have and to Heist
✅ 45. Chapter headings have dates - Funny Story
✅ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Sex, Lies and Sensibility
✅ 47. Self-insert by an author - Red, White & Royal Blue
✅ 48. The word “secret” in the title - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
✅ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - The Christmas Wager
✅ 50. A musical instrument on the cover - Lucky Leap Day
✅ 51. Related to the word “Wild” - Lucy on the Wild Side
✅ 52. Published in 2024 - The Rom-Commers

20/52

+ 1. Locked-room mystery - Bel Canto
+ 2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
+ 3. More than 40 chapters - Where the Crawdads Sing
+ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
+ 5. Magical realism - Like Water for Chocolate
6. Women in STEM - The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
7. At least four different POVs - Poisonwood Bible
8. Features the ocean - Life of Pi
+ 9. A character-driven novel - Before We Were Yours
+ 10. Told in non-chronological order - All the Light We Cannot See
11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
+. 12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
13. An academic thriller - Aluta
+ 14. A grieving character - When Breath Becomes Air
15. Part of a duology - Go Set a Watchman
16. An omniscient narrator - Little Women
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Handmaid’s Tale
18. An apostrophe in the title - Angela's Ashes
19. A buddy read - The Things They Carried
20. A revenge story - A Tale of Two Cities
21. Written by a ghostwriter - The Autobiography of Malcom X with the Assistance of Alex Haley w/ introduction by M.S. Handler and an Epilogue by Alex Haley
+ 22. A plot similar to another book - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
+ 23. The other book with the similar plot - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
+ 24. A cover without people on it - The Power Of One
+ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - The Spy Coast
26. Hybrid genre - All the Colors of the Dark
+ 27. By a neurodivergent author - The Great Gatsby
28. A yellow spine - Yellow Wife
+ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
30. Picked without reading the blurb - Running With Scissors
31. Includes a personal phobia - Great Expectations
32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Catcher in the Rye
33. An abrupt ending - Atonement
34. Set in a landlocked country - Say You're One of Them
35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Nineteen Eighty-Four
36. Has futuristic technology - Brave New World
37. Palindrome on the cover - The Nightingale
38. Published by Hachette - The Sweetness of Water
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story
41. A sticker on the cover - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
+ 43. About finding identity - Native Son
44. Includes a wedding - Pride and Prejudice
+ 45. Chapter headings have dates - The Frozen River
+ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture - The Night Watchman
47. Self-insert by an author - Slaughterhouse-Five
48. The word “secret” in the title - The Secret
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
50. A musical instrument on the cover - Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian
+ 51. Related to the word “Wild” - The Barrens
+ 52. Published in 2024 - The Women

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✅1. Locked-room mystery - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
✅2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
✅3. More than 40 chapters - Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
✅4. Lowercase letters on the spine - At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
✅5. Magical realism - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
✅6. Women in STEM - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
✅7. At least four different POVs - The Guilty Party by Mel McGrath
✅8. Features the ocean - The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
✅9. A character-driven novel - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
✅10. Told in non-chronological order - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
✅11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Knifed In Nice by Zara Keane
✅12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
✅13. An academic thriller - Confessions by Kanae Minato
✅14. A grieving character - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
✅15. Part of a duology - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
✅16. An omniscient narrator - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
✅17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - Such a Fun Age y Kiley Reid
✅18. An apostrophe in the title - Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
✅19. A buddy read - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
✅20. A revenge story - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
✅21. Written by a ghostwriter - Heat Wave by Richard Castle
✅22. A plot similar to another book - Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
✅23. The other book with the similar plot - West with the Night by Beryl Markham
✅24. A cover without people on it - Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble
✅25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag
✅26. Hybrid genre - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
✅27. By a neurodivergent author - The Big Four by Agatha Christie
✅28. A yellow spine - Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
✅29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - The Mystery of the Blue TrainThe Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
✅30. Picked without reading the blurb - West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
✅31. Includes a personal phobia - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
✅32. Time frame spans a week or less - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
✅33. An abrupt ending - In the Woods by Tana French
✅34. Set in a landlocked country - Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
✅35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
✅36. Has futuristic technology - In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
✅37. Palindrome on the cover - The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
✅38. Published by Hachette - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
✅39. Non-fiction recommended by a friendLost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler
✅40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
✅41. A sticker on the cover - Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
✅42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Where Fires Burn by Veronica Castillo
✅43. About finding identity - Normal People by Sally Rooney
✅44. Includes a wedding - The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
✅45. Chapter headings have dates - When Good Friends Go Bad by Ellie Campbell
✅46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
✅47. Self-insert by an author - Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
✅48. The word “secret” in the titleSecrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
✅49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Thirteen Days in Milan: American single mother kidnapped at Milan's train station during a political assassination by Jack Erickson
✅50. A musical instrument on the cover - Good Things I Wish You by A. Manette Ansay
✅51. Related to the word “Wild” - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
✅52. Published in 2024 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

# 1. Locked-room mystery - 14
# 2. Bibliosmia - A Smelly Book - An Evil Love: The Life and Crimes of Fred West
# 3. More than 40 chapters - Drums of Autumn
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
# 5. Magical realism - The Night Raven
# 6. Women in STEM - Happiness
# 7. At least four different POVs - The Bookshop From Hell
# 8. Features the ocean - The Seas
# 9. A character-driven novel - The First Step
# 10. Told in non-chronological order - The Temple House Vanishing
# 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Killing Commendatore
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
# 13. An academic thriller - Babel
# 14. A grieving character - Maybe Tomorrow
# 15. Part of a duology - Ireland Awakening
# 16. An omniscient narrator - The Red Tent
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title
# 19. A buddy read - The Year I Met You
# 20. A revenge story - The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
# 24. A cover without people on it - Time After Time
# 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Fairy Tale
# 26. Hybrid genre - Empire in Black and Gold
# 27. By a neurodivergent author - Paper Towns
28. A yellow spine
# 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Le Fay
# 30. Picked without reading the blurb - The Bell Jar
31. Includes a personal phobia
# 32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Cabin at the End of the World
# 33. An abrupt ending - To Paradise
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
# 36. Has futuristic technology - Terminal Boredom: Stories
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
# 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - A Field Guide to Getting Lost
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
# 41. A sticker on the cover - The Poison Garden
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
# 44. Includes a wedding - Independence
# 45. Chapter headings have dates - Child 44
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
# 47. Self-insert by an author - The Shards
48. The word “secret” in the title
# 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Ring Shout
50. A musical instrument on the cover
# 51. Related to the word “Wild” Wolf Island: Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal
# 52. Published in 2024 - Little Treatments, Big Effects: How to Build Meaningful Moments that Can Transform Your Mental Health

1 Locked-room Mystery : And Then There Were None
2 Bibliosmia: A Smelly Book : Little Beach Street Bakery
3 More than 40 Chapters : Yours Truly
4 Lowercase Letters on Spine : Way of Transition, the
5 Magic Realism : Wishing Game, The
6 Women in STEM : Love Hypothesis
7 At Least 4 Different POV : Hello, Beautiful
8 Features the Ocean : Every Summer After
9 Character-Driven Novel : Storied Life of AK Fikry, The
10 Told in Non-Chrological Order : Everyone in my Family has killed someone
11 Title Starts with K : Keep Your Friends Close
12 Title Starts with L : Love, Redesigned
13 Academic Thriller : One of Us is Lying
14 Grieving Character : Lessons in Chemistry
15 Part of a Duology : Secrets We Keep
16 Omnicient Narrator : House on the Cerulean Sea, The
17 Nominated for Booker Prize : Such a Fun Age
18 Apostrophe in the Title : She's Up to No Good
19 Buddy Read : Undistracted
20 A Revenge Story : Tis the Season for Revenge
21 Written by a Ghostwriter : Heaven is For Real
22 Plot Similar to Another Book : Same Time Next Year
23 Plot Similar to Another Book : Marrying Mandy
24 Cover Without People On It : Golden Couple, The
25 Author Everyone Else Has Read : Big Little Lies
26 Hybrid Genre : Malibu Rising
27 Neurodivergent Author : Go Find Less
28 Yellow Spine : One Italian Summer
29 Published in Year of the Dragon : Love, Unwritten
30 Picked Without Reading Blurb : Beachside Murder
31 Includes a Phobia : Where the Forest Meets the Stars
32 Timeframe a Week or Less : Everyone on this Train is a Suspect
33 Abrupt Ending : November 9
34 Set in a Landlocked Country : No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
35 Title Matches Lyrics : Love on the Brain
36 Has Futuristic Technology : Selection, The
37 Palindrome on the Cover : Wow, No Thank You
38 Published by Hachette : Reminders of Him
39 Non-fiction Recomendation : Making Jesus Lord
40 Holiday Not Celebrating : Kissing Kosher
41 Sticker on the Cover : Giver, The
42 Author Debut Late 2024 : Four Weekends & a Funeral
43 About Finding Identity : Love, Theoreticallly
44 Includes a Wedding : Something Borrowed, Something You
45 Dates in Chapter Headings : Love & Other Words
46 Indigenous Culture : Berry Pickers, The
47 Self-Insert by Author : Walk in the Woods
48 Secret in the Title : Friends with Secrets
49 Set in City Starts w/ M : Part of Your World
50 Musical Instrument Cover : Our Secret Song
51 Related to Wild : Feral: Losing Myself & Finding My Way
52 Published in 2024 : Ashes of You

✔ 1. Locked-room mystery - The Hunting Party
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - The Scent Keeper
3. More than 40 chapters - Divine Rivals
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - The Floating Girls
✔ 5. Magical Realism - Remarkably Bright Creatures
✔ 6. Women in STEM - Lab Girl
✔ 7. At least four different POV - Into the Water
8. Features the ocean - Into the Drowning Deep
✔ 9. A character-driven novel - Demon Copperhead
✔ 10. Told in non-chronological order - People We Meet on Vacation
✔ 11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Killers of a Certain Age
12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Layla
13. An academic thriller - The It Girl
14. A grieving character - Other Birds
15. Part of a duology - Ruthless Vows
✔ 16. An omniscient narrator - Beartown
✔ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Bee Sting
✔ 18. An apostrophe in the title - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
19. A buddy read - The Housemaid
20. A revenge story - The Princess Bride
✔ 21. Written by a ghostwriter - Nineteen Steps
✔ 22. A plot similar to another book - The Giver of Stars
✔ 23. The other book with the similar plot - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
✔ 24. A cover without people on it - Mad Honey
✔ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
✔ 26. Hybrid genre - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
✔ 27. By a neurodivergent author - The Kiss Quotient
✔ 28. A yellow spine - The Girl with All the Gifts
✔ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - The Age of Miracles
30. Picked without reading the blurb -
31. Includes a personal phobia - The Woman in the Window
32. Timeframe spans a week or less - A Death at the Party
33. An abrupt ending - No Country for Old Men
34. Set in a landlocked country - Sparks Like Stars
✔ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Part of Your World
36. Has futuristic technology - Scythe
37. Palindrome on the cover - Godkiller
38. Published by Hachette - Throne of the Fallen
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Killing the Witches
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - A Holly Jolly Diwali or The Matzah Ball
41. A sticker on the cover - Fall of Ruin and Wrath
42. Author debut in second half of 2024 - Strange Folk
✔ 43. About finding identity - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
44. Includes a wedding - The Wedding Date
✔ 45. Chapter headings have dates - None of This Is True
46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Firekeeper's Daughter
47. Self-insert by an author - The Word is Murder
48. The word “secret” in the title - The Housemaid's Secret
✔ 49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Lobizona
✔ 50. A musical instrument on the cover - Piranesi
51. Related to the word “Wild” - Witch of Wild Things
52. Published in 2024 - Bride

1- Girl in the Blue Coat
2-Shadow of the Wind
3-Becoming Mrs. Lewis
4-Nine perfect strangers
5-Night Circus
6 lessons in Chemistry
7-Swan Song
8- Remarkable Bright Creatures
9-The Phoenix Crown
10-Horse
11-the Killer Across The Table
12- Lonesome Traveler
13-Iron Flame
14-The Djinn Waits 100 Years
15-the hate you give
16-The Hobbit
17-Room
18-Bridgerton The Duke and I. Daphne’ s Story
19-Caste:The Origins of our discontents
20-A court of Wings and Ruin
21-Becoming
22-Bridgerton an offer from a gentleman
23- Bridgerton to sir Philip with love
24-Desolation Angels
25-Court of Thorns and Roses
26-Court of Mist and Fury
27-The House on the Cerulean Sea
28-Secret Life of Bees
29-The Women
30-Before we were innocent
31-covenant of water
32-Waiting for Godot
33-fourth Wing
34-A Thousand Splendid Suns
35-somewhere beyond the sea
36 The book that broke the world
37-Diamond Eye
38-Pachinko
39 -Eve
40-a court of frost and starlight
41-The Shipping News
42- Masquerade
43-the woman they could not silence
44-Bridgerton the viscount who loved me
45-Demon of unrest
46-the brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
47-the dharma bums
48-the husband’s secret
49-Romancing Mr Bridgerton
50-violin conspiracy
51-weyward
52- The Fury

The 52 Book Club 2024 Challenge (52/52)
🥳challenge completed 22 September

✔️1. Locked-room mystery: Daisy Darker
✔️2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book: The Perfume Collector*
✔️3. More than 40 chapters: The Well of Loneliness*
✔️4. Lowercase letters on the spine: Sadie
✔️5. Magical Realism: The House of the Spirits*
✔️6. Women in STEM: Lab Girl*
✔️7. At least four different POV: The Poisonwood Bible*
✔️8. Features the ocean: The Sea, the Sea*
✔️9. A character-driven novel: The Book of Disquiet*
✔️10. Told in non-chronological order: The Last Time I Lied*
✔️11. Title starting with the letter “K”: King Dork*
✔️12. Title starting with the letter “L”: Lord Edgware Dies*
✔️13. An academic thriller: The Maidens*
✔️14. A grieving character: Grief is the Thing with Feathers
✔️15. Part of a duology: Anatomy
✔️16. An omniscient narrator: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches*
✔️17. Nominated for The Booker Prize: Possession*
✔️18. An apostrophe in the title: Hercule Poirot's Christmas*
✔️19. A buddy read: The Virgin Suicides*
✔️20. A revenge story: Murder on the Orient Express*
✔️21. Written by a ghostwriter: Nineteen Steps
✔️22. A plot similar to another book: Ladies of the House: A Modern Retelling of Sense and Sensibility (A modern retelling of Sense and Sensibility.)
✔️23. The other book with the similar plot: Sense and Sensibility*
✔️24. A cover without people on it: The Mysterious Affair at Styles*
✔️25. An author “everyone” has read except you: My Sister’s Keeper* by Jodi Picoult
✔️26. Hybrid genre [mystery/historical fiction/romance]: A Most Agreeable Murder*
✔️27. By a neurodivergent author: Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
✔️28. A yellow spine: The Secret Life of Bees*
✔️29. Published in a Year of the Dragon [1928]: The Mystery of the Blue Train*
✔️30. Picked without reading the blurb: The Eyes Are the Best Part*
✔️31. Includes a personal phobia [pediophobia]: The Dressmaker's Doll - an Agatha Christie Standalone Short Story
✔️32. Timeframe spans a week or less: Ulysses* (The book takes place in a single day.)
✔️33. An abrupt ending: The Lady, or the Tiger?
✔️34. Set in a landlocked country [Zimbabwe]: Nervous Conditions*
✔️35. Title matches lyrics from a song: Hickory Dickory Dock*
✔️36. Has futuristic technology: All Systems Red*
✔️37. Palindrome on the cover: Changes: A Love Story* (Author's name is Ama Ata Aidoo.)
✔️38. Published by Hachette: Furia* (Algonquin Young Readers is an imprint of Hachette Book Group.)
✔️39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens*
✔️40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate: The Best Diwali Ever*
✔️41. A sticker on the cover: The Big Four* (A sticker on the cover says, "The Official Authorized Edition, Agatha Christie Ltd.")
✔️42. Author debut in second half of 2024: Made for You by Jenna Satterthwaite
✔️43. About finding identity: The Perks of Being a Wallflower*
✔️44. Includes a wedding: The Marriage Portrait*
✔️45. Chapter headings have dates: Killers of a Certain Age*
✔️46. Featuring Indigenous culture: The Night Watchman*
✔️47. Self-insert by an author: Cards on the Table* ("Ariadne Oliver is, in many ways, a vehicle for Agatha Christie’s own voice, particularly in relation to writing and the public. In a 1956 interview with John Bull magazine, Agatha Christie dismissed the idea that any of her characters are truly derived from real life, although she did admit that Mrs Oliver has 'a strong dash' of herself. Christie always took a somewhat tongue in cheek approach to her supposed fictional alter ego, who she credited with writing a novel called The Body in the Library, a title she would use herself in 1942. source: agathachristie.com)
✔️48. The word “secret” in the title: Secret Son*
✔️49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” [Marrakesh]: Hideous Kinky
✔️50. A musical instrument on the cover: Lucky Leap Day*
✔️51. Related to the word “Wild”: Into the Wild*
✔️52. Published in 2024: Bride*

✔️: read
*: fulfills multiple challenges/goals I’m completing this year

42/52
1. Locked-room mystery The Unwedding
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book Linda Goodman's Sun Signs
3. More than 40 chapters Ruthless Vows
4. Lowercase letters on the spine The Wedding People
5. Magical realism The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
6. Women in STEM My Last Continent
7. At least four different POVs What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
8. Features the ocean The Cliffs
9. A character-driven novel Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
10. Told in non-chronological order Good Morning, Midnight
11. Title starting with the letter “K” (planning to read Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982)
12. Title starting with the letter “L” Lucky Breaks
13. An academic thriller Fourth Wing
14. A grieving character The Blighted Stars
15. Part of a duology (planning to read Legends & Lattes)
16. An omniscient narrator The Epic of Gilgamesh
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize (planning to read The Lowland)
18. An apostrophe in the title A Witch's Guide to Crafting Your Practice: Create a Magical Path that Works for You
19. A buddy read Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune
20. A revenge story The Coworker
21. Written by a ghostwriter (planning to read The Dead Romantics)
22. A plot similar to another book The Underground Library
23. The other book with the similar plot (planning to read The Little Wartime Library)
24. A cover without people on it Starter Villain
25. An author “everyone” has read except you The Personal Librarian
26. Hybrid genre The Ten Thousand Doors of January
27. By a neurodivergent author Take a Hint, Dani Brown
28. A yellow spine The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon Funny Story
30. Picked without reading the blurb The Woman in Blue
31. Includes a personal phobia The Husbands
32. Time frame spans a week or less Olympus, TX
33. An abrupt ending The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
34. Set in a landlocked country Ghost Season
35. Title matches lyrics from a song Crazy Brave
36. Has futuristic technology The Bound Worlds
37. Palindrome on the cover (planning to reread Black Beauty)
38. Published by Hachette The Running Grave
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend The Houses: Temples of the Sky
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate (planning to read In the Shadow of the Banyan)
41. A sticker on the cover Even Though I Knew the End
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 (planning to read The Teller of Small Fortunes)
43. About finding identity Last Night at the Telegraph Club
44. Includes a wedding The Impatient
45. Chapter headings have dates The Frozen River
46. Featuring Indigenous culture And Then She Fell
47. Self-insert by an author Iron Flame
48. The word “secret” in the title 36 Secrets: A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana of the Tarot
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” (planning to reread The Sentence)
50. A musical instrument on the cover (planning to read A Quiet Life in the Country)
51. Related to the word “Wild” Wild Magic: Celtic Folk Traditions for the Solitary Practitioner
52. Published in 2024 The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

1 Locked Room Mystery - Everyone on this train is a suspect
2 Bibliosmia: A Smelly Book - The Perfect Marriage
3 More Than 40 Chapters - The Exchange - John Grisham
4 Lowercase Letters On The Spine - Thistlefoot
5 Magical Realism - This Time Tomorrow
6 Women In STEM - Lab Girl
7 At Least Four Different POV - Rubbernecker
8 Features The Ocean - Shogun & Tai Pan
9 A Character-Driven Novel - Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
10 Told In Non-Chronological Order - Greenwood
11 Starting With The Letter "K" - Kitchen Confidential
12 Starting With The Letter "L" - Lady Tan's Circle of Women - by Lisa See
13 An Academic Thriller - The Reformatory
14 A Grieving Character - Noble House
15 Part Of A Duology - Moonflower Murders
16 An Omniscient Narrator - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
17 Nominated For The Booker Prize - Girl, Woman, Other
18 An Apostrophe In The Title - Firekeeper's Daughter
19 A Buddy Read - Violin Conspiracy
20 A Revenge Story - All the Sinners Bleed
21 Written By A Ghostwriter - The Woman in Me
22 A Plot Similar To Another Book - Jane Steele
23 The Other Book With The Similar Plot - Salt & Broom
24 A Cover Without People On It - The Kaiju Preservation Society
25 An Author "Everyone" Has Read Except You - The Castle of Love
26 Hybrid Genre - The Passengers
27 By A Neurodivergent Author - Now is Not The Time to Panic
28 A Yellow Spine - The Measure
29 Published In The Year Of The Dragon - The Teacher
30 Picked Without Reading The Blurb - The Authenticity Project
31 Includes A Personal Phobia - Every Last Fear
32 Time Frame Spans A Week Or Less - All Systems Red
33 An Abrupt Ending - One Day
34 Set In A Landlocked Country - Sooley
35 Title Matches Lyrics From A Song - Born to Run
36 Has Futuristic Technology - Minority Report and Other Stories
37 Palindrome On The Cover - The Good People Hannah Kent
38 Published By Hachette - Yours Truly
39 Non-Fiction Recommended By A Friend - Give and Take
40 Set During A Holiday You Don't Celebrate - A Court of Thorns and Roses
41 A sticker on the cover - Zero Days
42 Author Debut In Second Half Of 2024 - Strange Folk
43 About Finding Identity - The Berry Pickers
44 Includes A Wedding - Seed Keeper
45 Chapter Headings Have Dates - The Couple at Number 9
46 Featuring Indigenous Culture - There There
47 Self-Insert By An Author - The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
48 The Word "Secret" In The Title - The Secret Place
49 A City Starting With The Letter "M" - Memphis
50 A Musical Instrument On The Cover - How to Stop Time
51 Related To The Word "Wild" - Braving the Wilderness
52 Published In 2024 - The Women

1. Locked-room mystery The Wife Upstairs
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book Sourdough
3. More than 40 chapters The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
4. Lowercase letters on the spine The Rewind
5. Magical realism Recipe for a Charmed Life
6. Women in STEM Shoot the Moon
7. At least four different POVs Blackout
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel This Could Be Us
10. Told in non-chronological order Weyward
11. Title starting with the letter “K” Kiss Her Once for Me
12. Title starting with the letter “L” The Last Bookshop in London
13. An academic thriller Butcher & Blackbird
14. A grieving character Blue Sisters
15. Part of a duology The Honeymoon Crashers
16. An omniscient narrator The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
19. A buddy read The Luis Ortega Survival Club
20. A revenge story First Lie Wins
21. Written by a ghostwriter Paris: The Memoir
22. A plot similar to another book The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
23. The other book with the similar plot The Giver of Stars
24. A cover without people on it Mockingbird Summer
25. An author “everyone” has read except you A Court of Thorns and Roses
26. Hybrid genre The Cliffs
27. By a neurodivergent author Talia Hibbert
28. A yellow spine Dial A for Aunties
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon Bride
30. Picked without reading the blurb Speak
31. Includes a personal phobia Eruption199372731]
32. Time frame spans a week or less Rosie and the Dreamboat
33. An abrupt ending The Davenports
34. Set in a landlocked country The Guncle Abroad
35. Title matches lyrics from a song Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
36. Has futuristic technology Artemis Fowl
37. Palindrome on the cover The Women
38. Published by Hachette Swan Song
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover The Pairing
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity Pageboy
44. Includes a wedding Lies and Weddings
45. Chapter headings have dates Funny Story
46. Featuring Indigenous culture Stolen
47. Self-insert by an author Yellowface
48. The word “secret” in the title Santa's Secret
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” The Glassmaker
50. A musical instrument on the cover Dungeons and Drama
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024 The Summer Pact

I did it! 52 books!

1. Locked-room mystery – Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, 5 stars
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book – Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson, 4 stars
3. More than 40 chapters – The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber, 3 stars
4. Lowercase letters on the spine – Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn, 5 stars
5. Magical realism – Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, 4 stars
6. Women in STEM – Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterfly, 5 stars
7. At least four different POVs – Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, 5 stars
8. Features the ocean – Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson, 5 stars
9. A character-driven novel – Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn, 4 stars
10. Told in non-chronological order - Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore, 5 stars
11. Title starting with the letter “K” – Kindred by Octavia Butler, 4 stars
12. Title starting with the letter “L” – Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, 3 stars
13. An academic thriller – If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, 5 stars
14. A grieving character – This Impossible Brightness by Jessica Bryant Knight, 3 stars
15. Part of a duology – The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn, 4 stars
16. An omniscient narrator – The Little Liar by Mitch Albom, 4 stars
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize – Booth by Karen Jay Fowler, 4 stars
18. An apostrophe in the title – No Man’s Mistress by Mary Balogh, 4 stars
19. A buddy read – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, 3 stars
20. A revenge story – Without Remorse by Tom Clancy, 4 stars
21. Written by a ghostwriter – Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson, 3 stars
22. A plot similar to another book – David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 4 stars
23. The other book with the similar plot – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 5 stars
24. A cover without people on it – My First My Last My Only by Denise Carbo, 4 stars
25. An author “everyone” has read except you – Hopeless by Colleen Hoover, 4 stars
26. Hybrid genre – A Murder at Oxford by Magda Alexander, 4 stars
27. By a neurodivergent author – How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis, 4 stars
28. A yellow spine – The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line by Richard Yancey, 3 stars
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon – There Goes the Groom by Esther Hatch, 4 stars
30. Picked without reading the blurb – Always Remember by Mary Balogh, 5 stars
31. Includes a personal phobia – And Every Day the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman, 2 stars
32. Time frame spans a week or less – They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, 4 stars
33. An abrupt ending – American Royals by Katharine McGee, 3 stars
34. Set in a landlocked country – The Prague Sonata by Bradford Morrow, 3 stars
35. Title matches lyrics from a song – Eye of the Storm by Hannah Alexander, 4 stars
36. Has futuristic technology – The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera, 4 stars
37. Palindrome on the cover – Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, 3 stars
38. Published by Hachette – Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez, 5 stars
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend – The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan, 3 stars
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate – St. Patrick’s Day Murder by Lee Harris, 4 stars
41. A sticker on the cover – My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan, 4 stars
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 – Four Weddings and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer, 5 stars
43. About finding identity – The Do-Over by Lynn Painter, 4 stars
44. Includes a wedding – A Murder of Christmas Past by Magda Alexander, 4 stars
45. Chapter headings have dates – Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear & Triumph Set Against Hitler’s Games, 4 stars
46. Featuring Indigenous culture – Tracks by Louise Erdrich, 4 stars
47. Self-insert by an author – Kinsey and Me: Stories by Sue Grafton, 4 stars
48. The word “secret” in the title 5 stars – The Secret Mistress by Mary Balogh, 5 stars
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” – Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs, 4 stars
50. A musical instrument on the cover – Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon, 4 stars
51. Related to the word “Wild” – Wild by Cheryl Strayed, 4 stars
52. Published in 2024 – Hypnotized by Love by Sariah Wilson, 4 stars

This was my first time doing the challenge. I had done a count challenge in 2022 and only got 32/50. In 2023, I met my goal of 50. Now, in 2024, I've passed my goal and still have a month and a half to go. I've branched out from my usual genres and have found some amazing books and series. I'm going to go back to a few of the series that didn't fit a prompt to wrap up the year. I've starred my favorites.

1. Locked-room mystery - The Maid
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Spice Road
3. More than 40 chapters - Bloodline
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
5. Magical realism - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
* 6. Women in STEM - Remarkable Creatures
7. At least four different POVs - The Ivory Key
* 8. Features the ocean - The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
9. A character-driven novel - The House in the Cerulean Sea
10. Told in non-chronological order - The Mystery Guest
11. Title starting with the letter “K” - The Kaiju Preservation Society
12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Last Lecture
13. An academic thriller - The Atlas Six
14. A grieving character - H is for Hawk
15. Part of a duology - Echo North
16. An omniscient narrator - The Bear and the Nightingale
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - Treacle Walker
18. An apostrophe in the title - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.
19. A buddy read - The Happiness Advantage
20. A revenge story - The Terminal List
21. Written by a ghostwriter - The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols
22. A plot similar to another book - The Newcomer
23. The other book with the similar plot - Safe Haven
24. A cover without people on it - Southern Bookclubs Guide to Slaying Vampires
25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Treasure Island
26. Hybrid genre- The Andromeda Strain
27. By a neurodivergent author - Get a Life, Chloe Brown
* 28. A yellow spine - Dial A for Aunties
* 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Storm Front
30. Picked without reading the blurb - Six Crimson Cranes
31. Includes a personal phobia -How to Stop Time
32. Time frame spans a week or less - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardgrave
33. An abrupt ending - The Maze Runner
* 34. Set in a landlocked country - Book of a Thousand Days
35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Go the Distance
*36. Has futuristic technology - Ender's Game
37. Palindrome on the cover - For the World
38. Published by Hachette - The Jasad Heir
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Seven Disciplines of Uncommon Freedom
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - Lease on Love
41. A sticker on the cover - Serendipity
*42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend
43. About finding identity- Love, Theoretically
44. Includes a wedding - Four Aunties and a Wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates - One Night on the Island
46. Featuring Indigenous culture - My Life, Growing Up Native in America
47. Self-insert by an author - Out of the Silent Planet
48. The word “secret” in the title - The Name of this book is Secret
*49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - The Rosie Project
50. A musical instrument on the cover - Dragon Drums
51. Related to the word “Wild” - The Call of the Wild
52. Published in 2024 - An Enchanting Case of Spirits

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1. Locked-room mystery - The Woman in Cabin 10
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Special Delivery
3. More than 40 chapters - Not a Happy Family
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Climbing the Stairs
5. Magical realism - The Beautiful Ones
6. Women in STEM - The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line
7. At least four different POVs - Mixed Blessings
8. Features the ocean - In Bed with a Blackguard
9. A character-driven novel - The Birth of Venus
10. Told in non-chronological order - The October List
11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Killing Song
12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Longbourn
13. An academic thriller - Vicious
14. A grieving character - The Color of Heaven
15. Part of a duology - The Stolen Heir
16. An omniscient narrator - The Hobbit
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Amber Spyglass
18. An apostrophe in the title - Mermaid's Justice
19. A buddy read - The Starless Sea
20. A revenge story - Sugar and Snow
21. Written by a ghostwriter - The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
22. A plot similar to another book - Salt & Broom
23. The other book with the similar plot - Jane Steele
24. A cover without people on it - The Unwedding
25. An author “everyone” has read except you - The King
26. Hybrid genre - The Village Healer’s Book of Cures
27. By a neurodivergent author - Strong Female Character
28. A yellow spine - Such a Good Wife
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Amber House
30. Picked without reading the blurb - Star
31. Includes a personal phobia - Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear
32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
33. An abrupt ending - The Wicked King
34. Set in a landlocked country - Heidi Grows Up
35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Music of the Night
36. Has futuristic technology - Qualify
37. Palindrome on the cover - Come, Butterfly
38. Published by Hachette - Never Met a Duke Like You
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - A Holly Jolly Diwali
41. A sticker on the cover - The Paris Apartment
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Strange Folk
43. About finding identity - The Ranch
44. Includes a wedding - The Wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates - The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
47. Self-insert by an author - Cards on the Table
48. The word “secret” in the title - The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - A Letter From Munich
50. A musical instrument on the cover - The Gnole
51. Related to the word “Wild” - Scarlet Huntress
52. Published in 2024 - The Prisoner's Throne

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Finished! I did it!
This was my first challenge, and I wasn't completely sure that I would be able to finish. Definitely read a few things that I probably would not have because of the challenge (thank you).
Bring on 2025!!

1. Locked-room mystery - The Body in the Library
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
3. More than 40 chapters - High School
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
5. Magical realism - What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
6. Women in STEM - The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
7. At least four different POVs - The Atlas Six
8. Features the ocean - Blackbeard's Treasure
9. A character-driven novel - Mr Katō Plays Family
10. Told in non-chronological order - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
11. Title starting with the letter “K” - Kiki's Delivery Service
12. Title starting with the letter “L” - The Last Graduate
13. An academic thriller - If We Were Villains
14. A grieving character - The Year of Magical Thinking
15. Part of a duology - The Chosen and the Beautiful
16. An omniscient narrator - Us Against You
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - The Memory Police
18. An apostrophe in the title - The Murderer's Ape
19. A buddy read - Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
20. A revenge story - James
21. Written by a ghostwriter - Spare
22. A plot similar to another book - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
23. The other book with the similar plot - The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
24. A cover without people on it - A Deadly Education
25. An author “everyone” has read except you - Never Let Me Go
26. Hybrid genre - In Cold Blood
27. By a neurodivergent author - The Clocks
28. A yellow spine - The Last Unicorn
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - A Man Called Ove
30. Picked without reading the blurb - Strange Weather in Tokyo
31. Includes a personal phobia - The Road
32. Time frame spans a week or less - Mrs. Dalloway
33. An abrupt ending - Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
34. Set in a landlocked country - The Kite Runner
35. Title matches lyrics from a song - World In My Eyes
36. Has futuristic technology - Project Hail Mary
37. Palindrome on the cover - Juniper & Thorn
38. Published by Hachette - The Goldfinch
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Sociopath: A Memoir
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - A Holly Jolly Diwali
41. A sticker on the cover - Tom Lake
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Better Left Buried
43. About finding identity - Erasure
44. Includes a wedding - Jane Eyre
45. Chapter headings have dates - L.A. Weather
46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Betty
47. Self-insert by an author - Other Voices, Other Rooms
48. The word “secret” in the title - The Secret History
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - Alan Turing: The Enigma
50. A musical instrument on the cover - The Cellist of Sarajevo
51. Related to the word “Wild” - Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
52. Published in 2024 - The Seventh Veil of Salome

Thought I had done this but can’t find! So here we go. Next year not going to do more than one prompt per book
1.Locked-room mystery ✅ Night Island
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book ✅ Sugar Queen
3. More than 40 chapters. ✅ Same time Next Summer
4. Lowercase letters on the spine ✅ Eleanor and park
5. Magical realism ✅ the Wishing game
6. Women in STEM. ✅ Livid (scarpetta)
7. At least four different POVs ✅ Remarkably Bright Creatures
8. Features the ocean. ✅ Night Island
9. A character-driven novel ✅ House on The cerulean Sea
10. Told in non-chronological order ✅ 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
11. Title starting with the letter “K”. ✅ Killer View
12. Title starting with the letter “L”. ✅. livid
13. An academic thriller ✅ Ninth House
14. A grieving character ✅ Shark Heart
15. Part of a duology. ✅ Six of Crows
16. An omniscient narrator ✅ House on The cerulean sea
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize ✅ Normal People
18. An apostrophe in the title ✅ wizard’s guide to defensive baking
19. A buddy read ✅ Inheritance
20. A revenge story ✅ First Lie Wins
21. Written by a ghostwriter ✅ wizard’s guide to defensive baking
22. A plot similar to another book ✅ the things we leave behind
23. The other book with the similar plot ✅ inheritance
24. A cover without people on it ✅ Shark heart
25. An author “everyone” has read except you ✅ Leigh Berduso
26. Hybrid genre ✅ Wisteriw Society of Lady Scoundrels
27. By a neurodivergent author ✅ How to Stop Time
28. A yellow spine. ✅ yellow face
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon ✅ who cut the cheese
30. Picked without reading the blurb ✅ Secret lives of booksellers and librarians (but most of my reads lol)
31. Includes a personal phobia ✅ all Wes Craven
32. Time frame spans a week or less ✅ the Trap Ava Glass
33. An abrupt ending ✅ inheritance Nora Roberts
34. Set in a landlocked country ✅ (state Nebraska🤡) Eleanor and park
35. Title matches lyrics from a song ✅ Christmas Tree Farm
36. Has futuristic technology ✅ the Marriage Act
37. Palindrome on the cover ✅ the Trap AVA glass
38. Published by Hachette ✅ Livid (Scarpetta)
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend ✅ Call us What we Carry
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate ✅
41. A sticker on the cover ✅ First Lie Wins
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 ✅ From Here to the Great Unknown
43. About finding identity ✅ Sugar Queen
44. Includes a wedding ✅ Shark Heart
45. Chapter headings have dates ✅ Deeper then the Dead
46. Featuring Indigenous culture ✅ Aggy and Mudgy
47. Self-insert by an author ✅ Jaded
48. The word “secret” in the title ✅ Every Single Secret
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” ✅ Sicilian Inheritance
50. A musical instrument on the cover ✅ How to Stop Time (Haig)
51. Related to the word “Wild” ✅ the Wild Side
52. Published in 2024 ✅ Fury

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1. Locked-room mystery
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book Oregano Meatball Murder (Can't you smell the meatballs)
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
5. Magical realism
6. Women in STEM Marine Biology: Cool Women Who Dive
7. At least four different POVs Summer Lifeguards
8. Features the ocean Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre
27. By a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

I'm Done! Woo Hoo!

1. Locked-room mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book Bride by Ali Hazelwood
3. More than 40 chapters The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
4. Lowercase letters on the spine Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
5. Magical Realism A Forest of Vanity and Valour by A.P. Beswick
6. Women in STEM Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
7. At least four different POV The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
8. Features the ocean Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert
9. A character-driven novel The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
10. Told in non-chronological order Weyward by Emilia Hart
11. Title starting with the letter “K” The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
12. Title starting with the letter “L” Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
13. An academic thriller The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
14. A grieving character The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
15. Part of a duology One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
16. An omniscient narrator Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
18. An apostrophe in the title Lavender's Blue by Jennifer Crusie
19. A buddy read The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
20. A revenge story Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
21. Written by a ghostwriter The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
22. A plot similar to another book Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
23. The other book with the similar plot The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
24. A cover without people on it The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter
25. An author “everyone” has read except you The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
26. Hybrid genre The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
27. By a neurodivergent author The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
28. A yellow spine The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson
30. Picked without reading the blurb Old-Fashioned on Purpose: Cultivating a Slower, More Joyful Life by Jill Winger
31. Includes a personal phobia (sharks?) Blood on the Tide by Katee Robert
32. Timeframe spans a week or less I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones
33. An abrupt ending For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten
34. Set in a landlocked country Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
35. Title matches lyrics from a song Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
36. Has futuristic technology Long Chills and Case Dough by Brandon Sanderson
37. Palindrome on the cover Devil’s Lair by Anna Zaires
38. Published by Hachette Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
41. A sticker on the cover The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
42. Author debut in second half of 2024 The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean
43. About finding identity Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
44. Includes a wedding That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
45. Chapter headings have dates Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
46. Featuring Indigenous culture Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
47. Self-insert by an author Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
48. The word “secret” in the title Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
50. A musical instrument on the cover Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
51. Related to the word “Wild” The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
52. Published in 2024 The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

10/52

1. Locked-room mystery - The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities, Heather Webber
3. More than 40 chapters - The Wren in the Holly Library, K.A. Linde
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - Mary Jane, Jessica Anya Blau
5. Magical realism
6. Women in STEM
7. At least four different POVs
8. Features the ocean - California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline, Rosanna Xia
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
13. An academic thriller - The Stranger Diaries, Elly Griffiths
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - James,Percival Everett
18. An apostrophe in the title - I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life, Anne Bogel
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book
23. The other book with the similar plot
24. A cover without people on it
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre
27. By a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine - Take a Hint, Dani Brown,Talia Hibbert
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb
31. Includes a personal phobia
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover - Outlawed, Anna North
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024

1. Locked-room mystery . One By One . Ruth Ware
2. Bibliosmia: a smelly book . The Perfume Collector . Kathleen Tessaro
3. More than 40 chapters . The Ink-Black Heart . Robert Galbraith
4. Lowercase letters on the spine . Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Medicine, Madness, and Murder . Candice Millard
5. Magical Realism . River Sing Me Home . Eleanor Shearer
6. Women in STEM . Mad Honey . Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
7. At least four different POVs . The House is on Fire . Rachel Beanland
8. Features the ocean . Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage . Alfred Lansing
9. A character-driven novel . After Annie . Anna Quindlen
10. Told in non-chronological order . First Lie Wins . Ashley Elston
11. Title starts with "K" . Kartography . Kamila Shamsie
12. Title starts with "L" . Lightning Strike . William Kent Krueger
13. An academic thriller . I Have Some Questions for You . Rebecca Makkai
14. A grieving character . Home Front . Kristin Hannah
15. Part of a duology . The Hunter . Tana French
16. An omnicient narrator . Wellness . Nathan Hill
17. Nominated for the Booker Prize . The Trees . Percival Everett
18. An apostrophe in the title . Within Arm's Reach . Ann Napolitano
19. A buddy read . The Good Lord Bird . James McBride
20. A revenge story . The Dark Vineyard . Martin Walker
21. Written by a ghostwriter . Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew . Carolyn Keene
22. A plot similar to another book . The Boy in the Striped Pajamas . John Boyne
23. The other book with the similar plot . All the Broken Places . John Boyne
24. A cover without people on it . An Extravagant Death . Charles Finch
25. An author everyone has read except you . The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . Taylor Jenkins Reid
26. Hybrid genre . The Frozen River . Ariel Lawhon
27. By a neurodivergent author . Being Henry . Henry Winkler
28. A yellow spine . Finding My Voice . Emerald Garner
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon (2024, 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964) . Jackie . Dawn Tripp
30. Picked without reading the blurb . Mother Country . Etaf Rum
31. Includes a personal phobia . Silent Came the Monster . Amy Hill Hearth
32. Time frame spans a week or less . Eastbound . Maylis De Kerangal
33. An abrupt ending . All Good People Here . Ashley Flowers
34. Set in a landlocked country . Say You're One of Them . Uwen Akpan
35. Title matches lyrics of a song . One Two Three . Laurie Frankel
36. Has futuristic technology . Real Americans . Rachel Khong
37. Palindrome on the cover . The Women . Kristin Hannah
38. Published by Hachette . Nightbloom . Peace Adzo Medie
39. Nonfiction recommended by a friend . The Daughters of Yalta . Catherine Grace Katz
40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate . Eagle Drums . Nasug̊raq Rainey Hopson
41. A sticker on the cover . All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. . Tiya Miles
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 . A Pair of Wings . Carole Hopson
43. About finding identity . Siddhartha . Hermann Hesse
44. Includes a wedding . Hamnet . Maggie O'Farrell
45. Chapter headings have dates . The Stolen Child . Ann Hood
46. Featuring Indigenous cuture . Wandering Stars . Tommy Orange
47. Self-insert by an author . Beyond the Sand and Sea: One Family's Quest for a Country to Call Home . Ty McCormick
48. The word "secret" in the title . The Secret Life of Violet Grant . Beatriz Williams
49. Set in a city starting with the letter "M" . The Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past . Elizabeth A. Murray, Ph.D.
50. A musical instrument on the cover . The Piano Tuner . Daniel Mason
51. Related to the word "wild" . Darling Girls . Sally Hepworth
52. Published in 2024 . James . Percival Everett

December 2

✔1. Locked-room mysteryAnd Then There Were None
✔2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book Paladin's Grace
✔3. More than 40 chapters Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
4. Lowercase letters on the spine The Hypnotist's Love Story
✔5. Magical realism Our Wives Under the Sea
✔6. Women in STEM Lessons in Chemistry
✔7. At least four different POVs The One
✔8. Features the ocean Fable
✔9. A character-driven novel Love After Love
✔10. Told in non-chronological order They're Going to Love You
✔11. Title starting with the letter “K” King and the Dragonflies
✔12. Title starting with the letter “L” Love, Just In
✔13. An academic thriller In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
✔14. A grieving character The Seven Year Slip
✔15. Part of a duology Silver in the Wood
✔16. An omniscient narrator Sense and Sensibility
✔17. Nominated for The Booker Prize Small Things Like These
✔18. An apostrophe in the title Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
✔19. A buddy read Legendy i Latte
✔20. A revenge story Reckless Girls
✔21. Written by a ghostwriter The Woman in Me
✔22. A plot similar to another book Jane Eyre
23. The other book with the similar plot The Wife Upstairs
✔24. A cover without people on it The Book of the Most Precious Substance
✔25. An author “everyone” has read except you Throne of Glass
✔26. Hybrid genre The God of the Woods
✔27. By a neurodivergent author With You Forever
✔28. A yellow spine My Hero Academia, Vol. 17
✔29. Published in a Year of the Dragon A Man Called Ove
✔30. Picked without reading the blurb A Sorceress Comes to Call
✔31. Includes a personal phobia What Moves the Dead
32. Time frame spans a week or less The Maid
✔33. An abrupt ending The Guest
34. Set in a landlocked country Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
✔35. Title matches lyrics from a song Here We Go Again
✔36. Has futuristic technology The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
37. Palindrome on the cover Out on a Limb
✔38. Published by Hachette The Fifth Season
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend Love Stories
✔40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate The Bandit Queens
✔41. A sticker on the cover The Women
✔42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 Four Weekends and a Funeral
✔43. About finding identity There There
✔44. Includes a wedding The Time Traveller's Wife
✔45. Chapter headings have dates Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
✔46. Featuring Indigenous culture Braiding Sweetgrass
47. Self-insert by an author Hallowe'en Party
✔48. The word “secret” in the title The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
✔49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” Crushing
✔50. A musical instrument on the cover Heavy Vinyl: Y2K-O!
✔51. Related to the word “Wild” Once There Were Wolves
✔52. Published in 2024 The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux

1. Locked-room mystery - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book - Bride by Ali Hazelwood
3. More than 40 chapters - Too Wicked To Kiss by Erica Ridley
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
5. Magical realism - Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
6. Women in STEM - Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
7. At least four different POVs - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto
8. Features the ocean - The Mermaid and the Murders by Rachel Graves
9. A character-driven novel - 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
10. Told in non-chronological order - Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
11. Title starting with the letter “K" - The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling
12. Title starting with the letter “L” - Like You’ve Nothing Left to Prove by E.L. Massey
13. An academic thriller - Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson
14. A grieving character - Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
15. Part of a duology - Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
16. An omniscient narrator - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
18. An apostrophe in the title - The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert
19. A buddy read - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
20. A revenge story - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
21. Written by a ghostwriter - Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Molly Shannon
22. A plot similar to another book - See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
23. The other book with the similar plot - The Do-Over by Lynn Painter
24. A cover without people on it - The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
25. An author “everyone” has read except you - The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
26. Hybrid genre - X Marks the Scot by Victoria Roberts
27. By a neurodivergent author - The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
28. A yellow spine - This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon - Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon
30. Picked without reading the blurb - The Inside Edge by Ashlyn Kane
31. Includes a personal phobia - We Belong Together by Beth Moran
32. Time frame spans a week or less - The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan
33. An abrupt ending - This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
34. Set in a landlocked country - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
35. Title matches lyrics from a song - Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey
36. Has futuristic technology - The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
37. Palindrome on the cover - Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
38. Published by Hachette - Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
41. A sticker on the cover - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024 - Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
43. About finding identity - Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
44. Includes a wedding - To Wed a Wicked Earl by Olivia Parker
45. Chapter headings have dates - Funny Story by Emily Henry
46. Featuring Indigenous culture - Heartbeat Braves by Pamela Sanderson
47. Self-insert by an author - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
48. The word “secret” in the title - Secrets of Seduction by Nicole Jordan
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M” - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
50. A musical instrument on the cover - Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
51. Related to the word “Wild” - The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson
52. Published in 2024 - I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

Prompt 1: The Hunting Party - Lucy Foey
Prompt 2: Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly
Prompt 3: The Brothers Hawthorn - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt 4: The Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
Prompt 5: The Kiss Curse - Erin Sterling
Prompt 6: Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Prompt 7: The Last Party - Clare Mackintosh
Prompt 8: Circe - Madeline Miller
Prompt 9: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Prompt 10: The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
Prompt 11: The Kiss of Deception - Mary E. Pearson
Prompt 12: Lovely War - Julie Berry
Prompt 13: Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Prompt 14: Iron Widow - Xiron Jay Zhao
Prompt 15: The Empress of Time - Kylie Lee Baker
Prompt 16: Dune - Frank Herbert
Prompt 17: My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
Prompt 18: Cilka’s Journey - Heather Morris
Prompt 19: No One Can Know - Kate Alice Marshall
Prompt 20: Twisted Love - Ava Huang
Prompt 21: The Ghost Writer - A.R. Torre
Prompt 22: None of This Is True - Lisa Jewell
Prompt 23: The Only One Left - Riley Sager
Prompt 24: Violet Made of Thorns - Gina Chen
Prompt 25: The Haunting of Ashbury House - Darcy Coates
Prompt 26: Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
Prompt 27: The Magnolia Palace - Fiona Davis
Prompt 28: The Address - Fiona Davis
Prompt 29: Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas
Prompt 30: The Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager
Prompt 31: Then She Was Gone - Lisa Jewell
Prompt 32: And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
Prompt 33: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
Prompt 34: Between Shades of Gray - Rita Sepetys
Prompt 35: As Old As Time - Liz Braswell
Prompt 36: The Hermes Protocol - Chris Arnone
Prompt 37: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Prompt 38: The Cuckoo’s Calling - Robert Galbraith
Prompt 39: Beyond the Wand - Tom Felton
Prompt 40: Number The Stars - Lois Lowry
Prompt 41: Hemlock Island - Kelley Armstrong
Prompt 42: Bodies to Die For - Lori Brand
Prompt 43: The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Prompt 44: The Wedding Witch - Erin Sterling
Prompt 45: She Started It - Sian Gilbert
Prompt 46: Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
Prompt 47: True Crime Story - Joseph Knox of
Prompt 48: Every Last Secret - A.R. Torres
Prompt 49: Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Prompt 50: The Violin Conspiracy - Brendan Slocumb
Prompt 51: One By One - Ruth hWare
Prompt 52: Middle of the Night - Riley Sager

Completed: 52/52

✅1. Locked-room mystery: Death in the Tunnel
✅2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book: Sense and Scent Ability
✅3. More than 40 chapters: Cruel Summer (54 Chapters)
✅4. Lowercase letters on the spine: As Good As Dead
✅5. Magical realism: Cemetery Boys
✅6. Women in STEM: Love on the Brain
✅7. At least four different POVs: That Night
✅8. Features the ocean: Starboard Secrets
✅9. A character-driven novel: Breakfast at Tiffany's
✅10. Told in non-chronological order: People We Meet on Vacation
✅11. Title starting with the letter “K”: Kill Joy
✅12. Title starting with the letter “L”: Leap of Faith
✅13. An academic thriller: A Body at a Boarding School
✅14. A grieving character: Murder Among the Dead
✅15. Part of a duology: Without Vanity or Pride
✅16. An omniscient narrator: The Night Circus
✅17. Nominated for The Booker Prize: Such a Fun Age
✅18. An apostrophe in the title: A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder
✅19. A buddy read: Fangirl
✅20. A revenge story: Death of an Author
✅21. Written by a ghostwriter: Rich and Dangerous
✅22. A plot similar to another book: The King Arthur Trilogy
✅23. The other book with the similar plot: Legendborn
✅24. A cover without people on it: Executive Bodyguard
✅25. An author “everyone” has read except you: The Left Hand of Darkness
✅26. Hybrid genre: Murder of a Mermaid
✅27. By a neurodivergent author: The Kiss Quotient
✅28. A yellow spine: The Royal We
✅29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: Death on a Silver Tray
✅30. Picked without reading the blurb: Ick Factor
✅31. Includes a personal phobia: The Housemaid
✅32. Time frame spans a week or less: Murder in Florence
✅33. An abrupt ending: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
✅34. Set in a landlocked country: Crossed Skis
✅35. Title matches lyrics from a song: Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
✅36. Has futuristic technology: All Systems Red
✅37. Palindrome on the cover: Serpent's Eye (EYE)
✅38. Published by Hachette: The Englishman's Cameo
✅39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: The Story of My Life
✅40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate: Murder Wears a Little Black Dress (Halloween)
✅41. A sticker on the cover: The Hate U Give
✅42. Author debut in the second half of 2024: The Truth According to Ember
✅43. About finding identity: Ahalya's Awakening
✅44. Includes a wedding: Nala Damyanti: An Eternal Tale from the Mahabharata
✅45. Chapter headings have dates: The Fall of Bradley Reed
✅46. Featuring Indigenous culture: The Case of the Purloined Pyramid
✅47. Self-insert by an author: A Line to Kill
✅48. The word “secret” in the title: The Housemaid's Secret
✅49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”: Paperboy (Memphis)
✅50. A musical instrument on the cover: Artifact
✅51. Related to the word “Wild”: The Jungle Book
✅52. Published in 2024: Murder of a Hangman

Completed - see above